The book Flow talks about how we all enjoy work more when we’re absorbed in it. I wonder if people are enjoying it more as they care about it more, because they commit to it more? Like how watching TV is better without also staring at your phone at the same time.
Secondly, any link between work getting more important as more people choose not to have children?
The children point is interesting. The increase in work importance post-covid definitely coincides with the plummeting birth rate (although that's a longer term trend). More years in work - especially at the start of one's career, before (or instead of) having kids could definitely be prompting a rise. One to investigate
Did you filter out people who don’t work or is this data for the whole population? I’d be curious if the data looks different if you exclude, retired, or nonworking adults…
Excellent question - it doesn't filter out anyone, all the samples are nationally representative. From memory people in work rate work higher than average - but haven't seen the time series analysis or plotted the trend. Leave it with me...
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The book Flow talks about how we all enjoy work more when we’re absorbed in it. I wonder if people are enjoying it more as they care about it more, because they commit to it more? Like how watching TV is better without also staring at your phone at the same time.
Secondly, any link between work getting more important as more people choose not to have children?
The children point is interesting. The increase in work importance post-covid definitely coincides with the plummeting birth rate (although that's a longer term trend). More years in work - especially at the start of one's career, before (or instead of) having kids could definitely be prompting a rise. One to investigate
Did you filter out people who don’t work or is this data for the whole population? I’d be curious if the data looks different if you exclude, retired, or nonworking adults…
Excellent question - it doesn't filter out anyone, all the samples are nationally representative. From memory people in work rate work higher than average - but haven't seen the time series analysis or plotted the trend. Leave it with me...