Abstract
Abstract There has been a polarisation in the hours of work of men, with more working longer hours and more with no work. This paper reports a survey of 600 randomly selected adult men in Brisbane and Adelaide. It find that the involuntary working of long hours is greater than previously estimated, early retirement is most often unwelcome with more preferring part-time jobs and that contrary to ABS findings, nearly half of those in work express a significant degree of leisure preference. An uncrystallised but generalised predisposition to a future with less work presents a not unfavourable environment to any future moves to increase the diversity of men's working hours and to share work.
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