21１ “Leisurite” pertains to the role of engaging in leisure time activities including idling (Super, 1980). This paper Balanced time allocation to multifaceted roles is vital to a harmonious career formation. However, modern Japanese society is characterized by a persistent gender division of labor in time allocation and a gap between the ideal of “this is how I want it to be” and the reality of “this is how it will be.” Hence, this study aimed to examine how college students envision their future time allocation, what differences exist between their prospects and ideals, and whether gender differences are present. Through a web-based survey, valid responses were obtained from 652 university students (310 men and 342 women) regarding their prospective and ideal time allocations in five activities (housework, childcare, paid work, learning, and leisure). Two-way mixed analysis of variance for time allocations in the five activity areas was performed using a 2 (gender) × 2 (prospect/ ideal) design. Results showed that the participants spent most of their time on paid work, with prospective time being longer than ideal time, men allocating more time than women, and the gap between prospective and ideal time being more pronounced among men. Meanwhile, women allocated more time to housework and childcare, with men’s ideal time being longer than prospective time, and women’s prospective time being longer than ideal time. Learning time was longer among men than women, and leisure time was longer for ideal time than prospective time. Regression analysis results showed that social norms were positively associated with prospective childcare time but negatively associated with prospective paid work. From these findings, a discrepancy can be presumed between prospects and ideals in time allocation planning for all areas except learning. Overall, time allocation reflects the new gender division of labor rather than the traditional one̶that is, men work, while women work and manage housework and childcare. Keywords： Time allocation, future plans, paid work, unpaid work, college student, gender differencefollows the original notation.College students are in the late exploratory stage of career development. During this period, after frequent trials and errors and tentative choices, they begin to understand their own characteristics, find jobs that are suitable for them, and accomplish the developmental task of career decision-making. Although paid employment will occupy a large part of a person’s life, their role as a paid worker will interact with multiple roles, including parent, homemaker, spouse, citizen, and leisurite,1 to shape their lifelong career （Super, 1980）. Among these interrelations, researchers in the career field, career support practitioners, and policymakers have been interested in the combination of family and work roles. In Japan, since the Tomoko ADACHITime Allocation Planning among Japanese Youth: Do They Envision the Future as Ideal ?
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