The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, commuting, and socializing.
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Economic News Releases: |
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- NEW Time Use Survey--First Results Announced by BLS (HTML) (PDF)
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General Overview: |
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Purpose | Respondents | Applications
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Documents and Papers: |
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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." (PDF 375KB)
- Schwartz, Lisa K. (February, 2001) "Minding the Children: Understanding How Recall and Conceptual Interpretations Influence Responses to a Time-Use Summary Question." (PDF 459KB)
- Schwartz, Lisa K., Siri Lynn, and Jayme Gortman. (July, 2001) "What's Work? Respondents' Interpretations of Work-Related Summary Questions." (PDF 452KB)
- Stewart, Jay. "Assessing the Bias Associated with Alternative Contact Strategies in Telephone Time-Use Surveys." (PDF 415KB)
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ATUSInfo@bls.gov |
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(202) 691-6339 |
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(202) 691-6426 |
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American Time Use Survey
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite 4675
Washington, DC 20212-0001
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