• NEW Time Use Survey--First Results Announced by BLS (HTML) (PDF)

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Survey Documents

• ATUS Questionnaire (PDF)
• ATUS Coding Lexicon: no activity examples (PDF)
• ATUS Coding Lexicon: with activity examples (PDF)
• ATUS Coding Rules Manual (PDF)
• Conversion Chart: Fraction of an Hour to Minutes (PDF)

Publications

• Schwartz, Lisa K., Diane Herz, and Harley Frazis. "Measuring intrahousehold allocation of time: response to Anne E. Winkler." February 2002 Monthly Labor Review.
• Schwartz, Lisa K. "The American Time Use Survey: cognitive pretesting." February 2002 Monthly Labor Review.
• Herz, Diane, and Richard M. Devens, Jr. "The American Time-Use Survey." Industrial Relations. Volume 40, No. 3/July 2001.
• Joyce, Mary and Jay Stewart. "What can we learn from time use data?" August 1999 Monthly Labor Review.
• Stinson, Linda L. "Measuring how people spend their time: a time-use survey design." August 1999 Monthly Labor Review.

Working Papers

• Fricker, Scott and Lisa K. Schwartz. (August, 2001) "Reporting absences from home: Results of cognitive testing of the American Time Use Survey's missed days summary question."
• Herz, Diane E., Lisa K. Schwartz, and Kristina J. Shelley. "Coding Activities in the American Time Use Survey."
• Schwartz, Lisa and Scott Fricker. (October, 2000) "When out of sight isn't out of mind: Measurng passive child care."
• Schwartz, Lisa K. (February, 2001) "Minding the Children: Understanding how recall and conceptual interpretations influence responses to a time-use summary question."
• Schwartz, Lisa K. and Siri Lynn. (July, 2001) "What's work? Respondents' interpretations of work-related summary questions."
• Stewart, Jay. "Contact Strategies in Time Use Surveys."

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• Statistics Australia
• Statistics Finland Time Use Survey
• Statistics Netherlands Time Use Study
• Time Use Studies in New Zealand
• United Nations: Time use site
• International Association for Time Use Research
• International Journal on Time Use Research
• Multinational Time Use Study
• St. Mary's University Time Use Research Program
• Statistics Canada: General Social Survey-Time Use
• The United Kingdon 2000 Time Use Survey
• Thailand National Statistical Office: Time Use Survey
• Japanese Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities