ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2000 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4504</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Ipsos-RSL<br>Office for National Statistics<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Ipsos-RSL<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Office for National Statistics<br>Department for Culture, Media and Sport<br>Department for Education and Skills<br>Department of Health<br>Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions<br>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> September 2003 (3rd Edition) </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Ipsos-RSL and Office for National Statistics, <i> United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2000</i> [computer file]. <i>3rd Edition.</i> Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], September 2003. SN: 4504, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4504-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 4504 . United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2000<br> (TUS) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Ipsos-RSL</h5> <h5>Office for National Statistics</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>Ipsos-RSL<br></H5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Office for National Statistics<br>Department for Culture, Media and Sport<br>Department for Education and Skills<br>Department of Health<br>Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions<br>Economic and Social Research Council<br> </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>Patrick Sturgis acted as an independent consultant from the very beginning of the United Kingdom Time Use Survey until delivery. He provided valuable advice on the design of the survey. His role was mainly concerned with data quality, data completeness and coder reliability.<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The key objectives of the <i>United Kingdom Time Use Survey</i> (TUS) were:<ul><li>to carry out a large-scale household survey featuring self-completion diaries to measure the amount of time spent by the UK population on various activities</li><li>to build on the lessons learnt from the <i>National Pilot Time Use Survey</i> (not currently held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA)) and other previous exercises</li><li>to ensure that the TUS provides data for government departments' academic research requirements</li><li>to carry out the TUS in a European framework with design and administration along the lines of the Eurostat specification, and to provide results comparable, as far as possible, with those envisaged by them, but with modifications taking account of UK government and academic needs</li><li>to deposit a documented dataset in an understandable and accessible format with the UKDA and the Office for National Statistics (ONS), for analysis by academic and government users respectively</li></ul>There has been an increasing interest in time use studies and the information they produce. How we choose to spend our time is one of the main factors that shape our lives, and time use studies provide an opportunity to measure these choices and the routine of every day life. The way in which these choices affect time use has important implications for public policy, in particular in areas of employment, social security, childcare, labour market, health and education. The range of the TUS is very broad and its implications will be felt at both local and national level.<br> <br> The current TUS is the first large-scale study of its kind to be conducted in this country. Previous studies have taken place before, namely the ESRC-funded <i>Time Use Survey</i> of 1987 (not currently held at UKDA), and in 1995 OPCS (now the Office for National Statistics) carried out a 'simple' diary exercise within the <i>Omnibus</i> survey (held at UKDA under SN 3951). The additional value gained from measuring time use in this study will result in a national time use database, that is available for analysis by government and academic users.<br> <br> Further information may be found on the ONS <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/timeuse/default.asp" title="UK 2000 Time Use Survey"><i>UK 2000 Time Use Survey</i></a> web pages.<br> <br> For the second edition of the study (November 2002), the episode diary data was added, the documentation was updated, and some changes were made to the household and individual files. Further updates to the data and documentation were made for the third edition (September 2003). For further details, see documentation.<br> <br> A dataset comprising imputed net income variables derived from the TUS has been compiled by Tania Burchardt of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is held at the UKDA under SN 5536.<br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> The main data collection instruments are a household questionnaire, individual questionnaire and self-completion diaries. Respondents are asked to complete two 24-hour diaries, which are broken down into ten minute slots. Topics covered in the questionnaires include employment, qualifications, care of dependants and children, leisure time activities and demographic details, such as age, gender, marital status, ethnicity and housing. Four data files are included in the dataset: diary, household, individual and worksheet files.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> June 2000 - September 2001 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Standard Regions <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level; Aggregate (macro) level; household level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> The survey covered: adults and children aged 8 and over, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, informal carers, unemployed people, people in households with children aged between 0 and 4, people aged 75 and over, lone parents, and students, all resident in the UK during 2001. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> (A) 11854 (target) (10747 eligible addresses);(B) 6414 (obtained) Addresses;Please see documentation for details of weighting procedures <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Telephone interview; Diaries </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Government, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 01 May 2002<br></h5> <h3>Date of Latest Release: </h3><h5>09 September 2003 ( 3rd Edition )</h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>