Computing in the home: shifts in the time allocation patterns of households

  • Authors:
  • Nicholas P. Vitalari;Alladi Venkatesh;Kjell Gronhaug

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of California at Irvine, Irvine;Univ. of California at Irvine, Irvine;Norwegian School of Economics and Business Admin., Bergen, Norway

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

An empirical study of 282 users of home computers was conducted to explore the relationship between computer use and shifts in time allocation patterns in the household. Major changes in time allocated to various activities were detected. Prior experience with computers (i.e., prior to purchase of the home computer) was found to have a significant impact on the time allocation patterns in the household. The study provides evidence that significant behavior changes can occur when people adopt personal computers in their homes.