Studies on mothers’ time allocation and fertility have predominantly accentuated the importance of paid work for fertility decisions and, in consequence, of policies that allow combining paid work and family life. In this view, work time is typically seen as the time taken away from the family and vice versa. This paradigm does not recognize that mothers may need time for rest and leisure, and that rest and leisure time should be separate from both professional and family time. This study investigates whether the amount of free time available to mothers and maternal leisure behaviors, level of tiredness, and satisfaction with the amount of leisure time are associated with second birth transitions. We use the data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, waves 1–20, and model time to second birth using event history models. We find that a mother's free time, tiredness, leisure activities, and satisfaction with leisure are significantly associated with second birth risk. A mother's education is an important moderator in some of these associations. This study brings attention to the complexity of mothers’ personal lives and emphasizes the need to look at them from a fine-grained perspective.

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产妇空闲时间：生育力研究中缺失的元素

关于母亲时间分配和生育的研究主要强调了有偿工作对于生育决策的重要性，以及允许将有偿工作和家庭生活结合起来的政策的重要性。在这种观点中，工作时间通常被视为远离家庭的时间，反之亦然。这种范式没有认识到母亲可能需要休息和休闲的时间，并且休息和休闲时间应该与工作和家庭时间分开。本研究调查了母亲可用的空闲时间和母亲的休闲行为、疲劳程度以及对休闲时间的满意度是否与二胎过渡相关。我们使用澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态 (HILDA) 调查的数据，第 1-20 波，并使用事件历史模型对第二次生育的时间进行建模。我们发现母亲的空闲时间、疲劳、休闲活动以及休闲满意度与第二胎风险显着相关。母亲的教育程度是其中一些关联的重要调节因素。这项研究引起了人们对母亲个人生活复杂性的关注，并强调需要从细粒度的角度来看待它们。