Work-leisure trade off. IAS vs. work in the West
Item |
Task |
IAS |
Australia |
House - living |
Clean bathroom |
No |
Yes |
|
Steam clean/ vacuum carpets, mop floors/ |
No |
Yes |
|
Clean blinds/ window vanes |
No |
Yes |
|
Get house repaired (plumbing, electricity, roof, carpets) |
No |
Yes |
|
Secure the house including alarms |
No |
Yes |
Eating |
Buy food/ debone/ scale fish etc./ chop veggies etc. |
Partly (buying some food, sometimes) |
Yes |
|
Cook/ cook and store in freezer |
No |
Yes |
|
Clean dishes and put them back |
No |
Yes |
Garden |
Mow lawn |
No |
Yes |
|
Plant and water plants, fertilize, remove bulbs, store, kill weeds, mulch, multiply plants |
No |
Yes |
|
Trim/ prune trees and plants, Green rubbish bin |
No |
Yes |
Car |
Drive car |
No |
Yes |
|
Clean car |
No |
Yes |
|
Refuel it, servicing, look after tyres |
No |
Yes |
Clothes |
hang out to dry/ fold and keep/ iron |
No |
Yes |
Shoes |
polish/ wash |
No |
Yes |
Charge |
batteries/ hedge trimmer/ video camera batteries |
Only a few |
Yes |
Rubbish |
Put out |
No |
Yes |
Leisure opportunities |
Tennis, golf, swimming, gym, picnic spots, etc. |
Very poor or limited opportunities |
Abundant opportunities |
Learning |
Libraries, books |
Very limited |
Enormous choice |
Misc |
Organising things (eg. gas, water …) |
Yes |
No |
Tradeoffs |
(excluding money/ salary, which is greater in the west) |
35 hours of leisure with little to do! (eg. no electricity) |
10 hours of leisure with enormous choice |