tl;dr - Free time is better when other people have the same time off as well.
This feels like a bit of a no-brainer to me, but that doesn't mean more time off wouldn't be useful. Saturday and Sunday are usually spent catching up on work, doing some laundry and dishes, and all the other errands we didn't have time for during the week (groceries, repairs, etc.). We have more leisure time as well, but a few hours here and there during the week are quite useful, even if nobody I know shares those hours, as they would let me shift the "boring" stuff to a time when nobody else is free.
Life is better if I can meet a few friends for brunch Sunday morning because I had time to get groceries on Tuesday and do laundry on Thursday.
Exactly! And just because free time is better when there are others around doesn't mean that extra days off aren't helpful. I'm a contractor and I regularly have a week or two off between jobs. Sure the weekend is still better than a Tuesday without work but I can take time on that Tuesday to go to a movie or a museum on my own and it feels great.
And another thing the study fails to account for is that unemployed people are less likely to enjoy their days off than employed people. Being unemployed and seeking a job is stressful, many unemployed people are concerned about how long it will take to find a new job or what kind of stress is being put on their finances. If you have stable work and get Wednesday off you can go to the spa and spend some time in the sauna to relax. If you are unemployed you are probably being frugal and know it's not wise to spend money that you may need later to pay your rent.
This article is narrow sighted rubbish trying to twist the author's research to have greater impact.
This feels like a bit of a no-brainer to me, but that doesn't mean more time off wouldn't be useful. Saturday and Sunday are usually spent catching up on work, doing some laundry and dishes, and all the other errands we didn't have time for during the week (groceries, repairs, etc.). We have more leisure time as well, but a few hours here and there during the week are quite useful, even if nobody I know shares those hours, as they would let me shift the "boring" stuff to a time when nobody else is free.
Life is better if I can meet a few friends for brunch Sunday morning because I had time to get groceries on Tuesday and do laundry on Thursday.