The uses of time of the French. Developments over a quarter of a century.

Summary Following the article by Jonathan Gershuny and Kimberly Fisher analyzing and comparing the evolution of time use since 1960 in some fifteen countries, published in our issue 421 (November-December 2017), Jean-Yves Boulin and Laurent Lesnard propose here a focus on the French case. Based on the Time Use Surveys conducted in 1986, 1999 and 2010, they present the evolution of time use in France since the mid-1980s, highlighting the importance of the share of constrained time (work, training, studies, domestic tasks), even if leisure time tends to increase. They also note the persistence of gender inequalities in these time constraints, even though the gaps are narrowing.