Neither studying nor working

Free time as a solution

Bibliographic Data

ID12600682
AuthorsSara Moreno-Colom (0000-0001-5041-5966, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball, Institut d’Estudis del Treball, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, corresponding author), Albert Trinidad (0000-0002-0689-678X, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball, Institut d’Estudis del Treball, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain), Núria Alcaraz (0000-0001-6767-8535, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball, Institut d’Estudis del Treball, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain), Vicent Borràs Català (0000-0002-2733-8373, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball, Institut d’Estudis del Treball, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
Year2020
Volume24
Issue7
Pages977-993
Publication date2020-07-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13676261.2020.1784857
OpenAlexW3038250588
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

This article analyses the importance of free-time activities in building the identity of Spanish young people who neither study nor work. The initial point is that the situation of unemployment, inactivity and precarious work that affects many young people leads to changes in the construction of their identity. Low employment and job insecurity accentuate the loss of centrality of paid work in their life project, and the use of free time reflects the traits that identify them in a specific context. The relationship between free time and training and/or working time was therefore investigated using a qualitative methodological strategy to analyse the structure, meaning and content of free time according to young people’s situation in relation to education and employment, their gender and their region of residence. The results suggest that the symbolic centrality of working time persists alongside changes in the meaning and content of free time

Centrality · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Residence · Sociology · Unemployment · Work (physics · Working time · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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