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4 The Current State of Data on Time Use
4 The Current State of Data on Time Use
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It also highlights some smaller, more targeted United States timeuse studies that were mentioned during the workshop. TIME-USE SURVEYS IN THE UNITED STATES University of Michigan Surveys In 1965-1966, the University of Michigan conducted a national time-use survey.)
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Interviews collected data on household demographic information; the status and characteristics of respondents' employment situation; ownership of land, vehicles, residence, and other consumer goods; and media usage and socialpsychological measures. In addition, diaries were left with the sample members, to be filled out by respondents during the day after the interview.
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University of Maryland Surveys In 1985, researchers at the University of Maryland conducted a largescale national survey of time use, called the Americans' Use of Time Study (Robinson and Godbey, 1997; Robinson, 19991. Data from over 5,300 persons aged 12 and over were collected.
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, but the information was supplemented with a child care diary that detailed when the child woke up and went to sleep and time spent looking after children. There was also a module on spouse's activities.
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The 1997 Australian Time Use Survey information was obtained partly by interview and partly by self-completed diaries, which were left with the respondents to record their activities over the two days. One randomly selected member of each household was first interviewed to collect information on household composition, characteristics of individuals in the household aged 15 and older, and the use of technology and outsourcing of domestic tasks (for example, maid services or lawn mowing services)
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. The objectives of the study are to improve national account estimates, better understand time use at work, better understand gender and family policy, understand common transport policy regarding passenger transport and tourism, and measure time use in leisure and cultural .
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This time-use diary study was funded by the California Air Resources Board to better understand time spent in daily activities "that had implications for air pollution exposure (presence of smokers, use of cooking equipment, use of solvents, etc." (Robinson et al., 1994:31. The CAP Survey is a probability random sample of 1,579 Californians aged 18 years and older in 1987-1988 who have telephones.
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9,150 households Canada Halifax-Dartmouth 1971 -72 Area National Pilot Study 1981 National Study 1986 1992 1998 Cuba 1967 Denmark 1975 EUROSTAT Harmonized Survey 1996- 1997 Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, FYROM EUROSTAT Proposed Harmonized 1998 Survey France EUROSTAT Harmonized Survey Finland, Italy, UK Proposed 1999 2,141 individuals 2,685 households subsampled from 1971 study 12,500 households 12,765 households 80 77 3,400 households 60-65 over all yielding 13,600 diaries countries Table continued on next page
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34 TABLE 1 Continued TIME- USE MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH Country Years Sample Size Response Rate (%) Finland 1930, 1940s Subsamples of school children and farm wives 1967 Subsamples 1969 Subsamples 1971 Subsamples 1975 Subsamples 1979 Subsamples ~ 1987-1988 10,574 individuals 74.4 1 990 France 1986 Germany 1992 Great Britain 1974 1980 Subsample of elderly Hungary 1963 12,000 individuals from 12,000 households 1976- 1977 27,607 diaries 1986- 1987 8,297 diaries ~ Ivory Coast 1979 3,352 individuals 56 Japan 1960- 1961 170,000 diaries 1965 24, 000 diaries 1976 1980 1986 1991 1996 68,000 diaries 99,000 households with 270,000 individuals Latvia 1971 1973 1987 891 households Lithuania 1974 1988 984 employed individuals The Netherlands 1986 pilot ~ ~ 1987 6,668 individuals in 47 3,817 households 1988
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The empty cells denoted by ~ represent missing information about sample sizes and response rates. SOURCE: Horrigan et al.
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