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Title:
Study of Activities and Time Use, 1983

Subject Categories:
Time use - Society and culture

Depositor(s):
Social and Community Planning Research

Principal Investigator(s):
Social and Community Planning Research
University of Sussex. Science Policy Research Unit

Data Collector(s):
Social and Community Planning Research

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Project Number: P ; 0777

Abstract:
All persons aged 14 or over in a national sample of 2000 households were invited to complete diaries giving details of their activities over 7 days.

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: November 1983
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Families/households

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:All persons aged 14 or over in a national sample of 2000 households

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No information recorded
Number of Units: 2000 (target) 1402 (obtained) households;3894 (obtained) people;231000 (obtained) diary forms (1595 completed diaries)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Diaries

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
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Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 27 September 1988

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