How to think about time-use data: What inferences can we make about long- and short-run time use from time diaries?

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Time-use researchers are typically interested in the time use of individuals, but time use data are samples of person-days. Given day-to-day variation in how people spend their time, this distinction is analytically important. We examine the conditions necessary to make inferences about the time use of individuals from a sample of person-days. We also discuss whether and how surveys with multiple household members or multiple days are an improvement over single-diary surveys.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5306

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
• Subject: time use ; estimation ; survey methods

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Frazis, Harley ; Stewart, Jay
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51851