Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)
Data Watch: The American Time Use Survey
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 19,
no. 1, Winter 2005
(pp. 221–232)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
We discuss the new American Time Use Survey (ATUS), an on-going household survey of roughly 1,200 Americans per month (1,800 per month in the first year, 2003) that collects time diaries as well as demographic interview information from respondents who had recently been in the Current Population Survey. The characteristics of the data are presented, as are caveats and concerns that one might have about them. A number of novel uses of the ATUS in economic research, including in the areas of macroeconomics, national income accounting, labor economics, and others, are proposed to illustrate the magnitude of this new survey's possible applications.Citation
Hamermesh, Daniel, S., Harley Frazis, and Jay Stewart. 2005. "Data Watch: The American Time Use Survey." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (1): 221–232. DOI: 10.1257/0895330053148029JEL Classification
- C81 Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
- D10 Household Behavior: General
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