Chapter 1 How do Adolescents Spell Time Use? An Alternative Metholological Approach For Analyzing Time-Diary DATA

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene M. Kalenkoski ◽  
David C. Ribar ◽  
Leslie S. Stratton
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Diary Data

scholarly journals Tagebuch versus Zeitschätzung. Ein Vergleich zweier unterschiedlicher Methoden zur Messung der Zeitverwendung für Hausarbeit

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-128
Author(s):  
Florian Schulz ◽  
Daniela Grunow
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Time Budgets ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Survey Questions ◽  
Gender Specific

Ein Vergleich der Ergebnisse von Zeitverwendungstagebüchern und Zeitschätzungen lässt Zweifel an der bislang aufrecht erhaltenen Annahme aufkommen, beide Methoden wären lediglich zwei verschiedene Wege zur validen Messung individueller Zeitbudgets. Auf der Basis eines eigens für diesen Methodenvergleich erhobenen Datensatzes wird gezeigt, dass die auf Grundlage beider Erhebungstechniken gewonnenen Daten signifikant unterschiedliche Ergebnisse hervorbringen und folglich zu unterschiedlichen theoretischen Schlussfolgerungen in Bezug auf die Determinanten geschlechtsspezifischer Zeitverwendungsmuster für Hausarbeit führen würden. Abstract A comparison of time-diary data and data obtained through survey questions leaves us to doubt that both methods are just two different ways of measuring individual time budgets validly. Comparing data of a unique pilot study for assessing methodological concerns of time use measurement, we find that both measurement techniques produce significantly different results that would eventually lead to substantially different conclusions with respect to the determinants of gender specific housework patterns.

scholarly journals Does Parental Separation Affect Children’s Time Use? Evidence from Longitudinal Time-Diary Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Cano ◽  
Pablo Gracia
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Parental Separation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Before And After

How children use their time is critical for their health, emotional, and cognitive development. Studies typically find that parental divorce lowers child development, due to a decline in parents’ monetary and time resources. Yet, little is known on how parental separation affects child time use. This study fills this relevant knowledge gap by using prospective time-diary data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), a unique survey following children’s time use across six waves (N = 14,862 observations from 3,719 children). Results from both random and fixed effects models provide four main findings: (i) mother-child time increases dramatically after parental separation, at the expense of children’s time with two parents, while father-child time stays low both before and after parental separation; (ii) after parental separation, children slightly decrease their time in educational activities and increase substantially their time in unstructured activities; (iii) boys’ developmental time use is harmed by parental separation to a higher degree than girls’; and (iv) parents in high socio-economic backgrounds tend to compensate more effectively for the potential negative consequences of divorce by investing more time in children, compared to parents in unprivileged social backgrounds. Our findings have important implications for family policy. Results point to the need of spreading joint custody to improve gender equality in parental childcare time after divorce, as well as promoting greater support for boys and disadvantaged families in dealing with the adverse effects of parental union dissolution on children’s daily routines, development, and life chances.

scholarly journals Physical Activity and Perceived Health: Can Time Diary Measures of Momentary Well-Being Inform the Association?

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Hofferth ◽  
Sarah M. Flood ◽  
Deborah Carr ◽  
Yoonjoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Actual Health

The association between physical activity and health is well documented, yet prior research has largely ignored the context of physical activity, including its specific type and the emotions experienced while engaged in that activity. This study used interview-based time diary data on 24,016 individuals who participated in the American Time Use Survey well-being modules in 2010, 2012, and 2013 to examine the associations between sedentary and moderately vigorous activities and self-reported health, and the extent to which momentary well-being modifies that association. Respondents who engaged in housework, leisure, or play with children reported better health whereas those who engaged in sedentary activity reported worse self-rated health. Respondents who spent more time in housework reported better health, but this was not the case for leisure or playing with children. Greater positive mood and fewer somatic symptoms while engaged in activity were associated with better self-rated health, with more consistent associations for symptoms than mood. Respondent reports of momentary well-being did not explain the link between activities and perceived or actual health.

Time-Use Metadata

2002 ◽  
Vol 1804 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Variable Level ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Behavior Analysts

Time-diary data provide a complete sequential record of all activities of individuals, including travel, for a period of 24 or 48 h or longer. Hence, time-use data have much to offer travel behavior analysts and modelers. The pool of time-use data is rapidly increasing. Additionally, comparability between time-use data and travel data is growing, largely because of the expanding volume of activity data collected in travel surveys. One challenge is to ensure that the data and time-use, travel, and other researchers can be brought together in the most efficient manner. This task requires the development of both study-level and variable-level metadata standards. Much work, providing a basis for the development of time-use metadata standards, has already been undertaken in collateral fields. Arguments are made for exploration, application, and expansion of existing work, to establish time-use metadata standards. A consolidation of efforts is proposed between time-use and travel behavior data professionals to ensure that each field has the optimum opportunity to identify, locate, evaluate, and access useful data in either field.

scholarly journals Speed-Up Society? Evidence from the UK 2000 and 2015 Time Use Diary Surveys

Sociology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriel Sullivan ◽  
Jonathan Gershuny
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
The Uk

Using time diary evidence on change in the frequency and distribution of activities from UK time diary data over the 15 years from the turn of the 21st century, we assess whether the thesis of ‘the speed-up society’ is manifested in an increase in time intensity in people’s daily lives. Comparing indictors like time fragmentation, multitasking and ICT use, to respondents’ reports of how rushed they normally feel, we find no evidence that time pressure is increasing, or that ICT use is associated with greater feelings of time pressure. Rather, we find consistent cross-sectional differentials in our measures of time intensity by gender and occupational status, supporting the idea of relative stasis in the underlying social inequalities of time. These findings are consistent with previous research based on time use data, and we pose them as a challenge to theories of societal speed-up.

scholarly journals Changes in the quantity and quality of time use during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK: Who is the most affected?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0258917
Author(s):  
Ines Lee ◽  
Eileen Tipoe
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Uk

We investigated changes in the quantity and quality of time spent on various activities in response to the COVID-19-induced national lockdowns in the UK. We examined effects both in the first national lockdown (May 2020) and the third national lockdown (March 2021). Using retrospective longitudinal time-use diary data collected from a demographically diverse sample of over 760 UK adults in both lockdowns, we found significant changes in both the quantity and quality of time spent on broad activity categories (employment, housework, leisure). Individuals spent less time on employment-related activities (in addition to a reduction in time spent commuting) and more time on housework. These effects were concentrated on individuals with young children. Individuals also spent more time doing leisure activities (e.g. hobbies) alone and conducting employment-related activities outside normal working hours, changes that were significantly correlated with decreases in overall enjoyment. Changes in quality exacerbated existing inequalities in quantity of time use, with parents of young children being disproportionately affected. These findings indicate that quality of time use is another important consideration for policy design and evaluation.

scholarly journals Water and time use: evidence from Kathmandu, Nepal

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
pp. 76-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Jie Chen ◽  
Namrata Chindarkar ◽  
Jane Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Total Water ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Total Water Consumption ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Water Collection

Abstract In this paper, we examine the effect of private tap water reliability on time spent on water collection and total water consumption among urban households in Kathmandu, Nepal. Although the majority of households in Kathmandu are connected to a private tap, they experience intermittent water supply. We link a unique time diary dataset collected between 2014 and 2015 to household water consumption and tap water reliability data. Our empirical analyses demonstrate that improved reliability of private tap water connection (PWC), measured as self-reported reliability and an objective measure of ‘probability of getting tap water in the next hour’, leads to increased time spent on water collection. Households with more reliable PWC also consume more water overall and from their own taps. Further investigation demonstrates that when private taps became more reliable, households substituted water collected from outside the household, such as water from public taps and public wells, with water from their own private taps. Our results proved robust to additional specification checks.

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