Time Use Survey
The main aim of the Time Use Survey
is to measure the amount of time spent by the UK population on various activities.
The UK 2000 Time Use Survey is the first time that a major survey of this type
has been conducted in the UK and as such it will provide an opportunity to inform
a cross-section of policy areas as well as having interest for academia, social
research centres and the advertising and retail sector. The Time Use Survey
was designed, where possible, to provide results comparable with other European
studies as part of a wider Harmonised European Time Use Survey.
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.
The UK 2000 TUS data was first launched
in April 2002. The data has now been reweighted to use the 2001 Census results
and improved editing procedures have been adopted. Detailed tables and full
technical report have been made available for the first time in October 2003.
The UK 2000 Time Use Survey was conducted on behalf of
a funding consortium consisting of: the Economic and Social Research Council,
the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Education and
Skills, the Department of Health, the Department of Transport, Local Government
and the Regions and the Office for National Statistics.
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