Time allocation and wellbeing in later life: the case of Italy

Ageing processes are fundamentally linked to the concept of ‘dealing with time’. In old age time use patterns change radically and how these changes are linked with wellbeing is still mostly unexplored. By using the most recent Italian Time Use Survey (2014-15) we get an insight in the association between time allocation in old people’s daily routines and wellbeing in later life, in Italy. We use Sequence Analysis techniques to identify some “time use profiles” in old ages. Multinomial regressions are then used to understand which factors influence the risk to be in one of the profiles identified. Moreover, we analyse how those profiles are linked with different levels of subjective wellbeing, thus identifying high-risk groups and providing a new perspective on old people needs.