Data field · Geographic area

Activity type

The coded kind of activity reported for a time-use diary episode, with source lexicon and survey year retained as context.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

American Time Use Survey Public Use Microdata

Coordinated BLS public-use microdata files for the American Time Use Survey. The selected core schema combines the 2003-2024 Activity, Respondent, Roster, Who, Activity Summary and ATUS-CPS files with the 2011-2024 Eldercare Roster. It emits 24-hour diary activities and minutes, pooled six-digit activity/lexicon codes, secondary-childcare and eldercare time, respondent and household cohorts, final/base weights, diary date/day and survey year, and released CPS geography. BLS says identifying information is removed before publication. Use final weights for nationally representative estimates and preserve survey-year, weighting-method, edited/allocation, universe, and activity-lexicon changes. Do not claim state/local estimates or replacement dollar values.

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Questions it helps answer

Household services time benchmarks

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