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Usage of the Time Use Survey

This page contains information from users who have downloaded the TUS data and who have agreed to have their project information shared. You can opt to be included or to amend the details held for you by changing your project registration.

• Mental health; happiness and well being geographies – Dr Nicola Shelton (UCL – Department of Epidemiology and Public Health). September 2011

  An investigation of the spatial variation in and environmental determinants of happiness and unhappiness. In order to investigate the environmental determinants of GHQ-12 and WEMWBS small area indicators are required to link other data such as the place survey. Logistic regression of GHQ-12 and WEMWBS caseness. Mapping of spatial variation in levels of GHQ-12 and WEMWBS. This requires LADs for mapping and OAC for logistic regressions and ward for data linking to other data such as the place survey.
  Other surveys used: USOC.

• Lifestyle studies – Dr Modesto Gayo. August 2011

  This is intended to be used in a study on lifestyles. At this stage I´m trying to identify the most appropriate data for my research. So this is an exploratory stage of the whole study.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus.

• Research – Miss Emanuela Carta. June 2011

  I intend to use this data to analyse factors related to self-employment in UK. The final report will use only aggregate data.
  Other surveys used: LFS APS ELSA.

• Creating analysis – Ms Monika Myszkowska. May 2011

  Creating a binomial problem for educational purposes (exercise, interesting observations). The results (not data) are going to be presented to my teacher at the university in sytesy and as a solution of the problem with interpretation.
  Other surveys used: .

• Poverty & Social Exclusion 2011 – Mr Nick Bailey (University of Glasgow – Urban Studies). April 2011

  I am conducting a once-every-ten-years survey of poverty and social exclusion in the UK. The study is based around two main quantitative stages: a survey of public opinions about 'the necessities of life' and a survey of who has access to these 'necessities'. This major initiative will: 1. Improve the measurement of poverty, deprivation, social exclusion and standard of living. 2. Measure the change in the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion over the past ten years. 3. Produce policy-relevant results about the causes and outcomes of poverty and social exclusion.
  Other surveys used: FRS SILC CITIZENSHIP SURVEY; 2009-2010.

• Labour Force Survey – Mr Yung Leung (University of Southampton – School of Geography). February 2011

  An ESRC-funded project to create spatio-temporal density models of post-census daytime and workplace populations using Quarterly Labour Force Survey data combined with other publicly available leisure; employment and education datasets.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Time Use Survey – Mr Yung Leung (University of Southampton – School of Geography). February 2011

  An ESRC-funded project to create spatio-temporal density models of post-census daytime and workplace populations using Quarterly Labour Force Survey data combined with other publicly available leisure; employment and education datasets.

• Children and young people's subjective well-being – Dr Antonia Keung (University of York – Department of Social Policy & Social Work). December 2010

  Study subjective well-being of those 11-15 year-olds and to monitor if there is any changes over time. The analysis attempts to explore the factors associated with the changes in young people's subjective well-being.
  Other surveys used: BHPS HSE FRS.

• Research on determinants of joint retirements – Dr Maria Casanova. October 2010

  A main focus of my research is couples' joint retirement (may spouses retire within very short period of each other; even when they're far apart in terms of age). I have written papers using both UK and US data showing that couples exhibit complementarities in leisure (they enjoy retirement more when their partner is retired too). The nature of these complementarities is not well understood. My aim is to use the Time Use survey of 2000 to look at differential patterns in time usage between couples who retired together and those who didn't.

• time income carbon – Professor Ian Gough (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); University of London – CASE). June 2010

  This project involves some initial modelling of the distribution of income; time and carbon across the UK population. Income; time and carbon all require redistribution in order to improve the way we live together and look after each other; now and in future. These resources; which reflect the market; core and natural economies; are interdependent. How we spend time affects our income and our income can affect how we spend our time. How we spend money and time will influence the size of our carbon footprint. And reducing our carbon emissions will in turn affect how we spend money and time. Strategies for redistributing these resources therefore need to be developed in an integrated way; rather than separately.
  Other surveys used: EFS.

• Analysis of Myopia and Retirement Saving – Dr Justin van de Ven (National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) – Analysis). February 2010

  Research to explore the effects of myopia on the behavioural and welfare effects of Personal Accounts; which are to be introduced in the UK in 2012. The data will be used to estimate a structural description of decision making in the context of uncertainty upon which the broader study will be based.
  Other surveys used: BHPS FRS EFS.

• Transport and Environmental Justice – Dr Philine Gaffron. January 2010

  The work looks at the extend to which different socio-economic population groups are affected by the environmental effects of traffic in and around their homes. One goal is to find out; how much time different population groups actually spend at home and at what times of day. Comparisons will be made with similar data collected in Germany for the Zeitbudgeterhebung 2000-2001 (time budget survey).

• Time Use Survey 2005 – Dr Daniel Fernandez-Kranz. October 2009

  Objective is to analyze the implicit wage penalty of flexible working time by women with children in the U.K. and in other European and non-European countries. Comparative cross-country analysis of work schedule patterns and implicit wage costs.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus.

• LIMEW International Comparisons – Mr Willis Walker. June 2009

  To produce estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Wellbeing for the United Kingdom for 1994 and 2000, in order to make international comparisons on household economic wellbeing between the US, Canada, Germany, France and the UK.
  Other surveys used: FRS FES BHPS NTS Omnibus LFS EFS.

• Profiling of domestic electrical appliances – Mr Kamalanath Samarakoon (Cardiff University – School of Engineering). April 2009

  The data are needed to find out what people do in different times of the day in order to get probabilistic estimates of usage of household appliances. It is intend to make a model that gives domestic appliances' electrical load profiles.

• Behavioural response to information about air pollution levels – Ms Katharina Janke (University of Bristol – Economics). March 2009

  I want to test the hypothesis that people respond to information about elevated air pollution levels by changing their behaviour. A potential behavioural response is reducing the amount of time spent outdoors. Time use data provides information on where people spend their time, making it the ideal setting for testing my hypothesis.

• Sea Angling in Scotland – Dr Geoff Riddington (Glasgow Caledonian University – Business School). October 2008

  This study completes studies of fresh and seawater angling in the UK and aims to identify the level of activity and economic importance of sea angling (in preparation for the forthcoming Marine Resources Bill).

• Sports participation in UK and North America – Dr Robert Simmons (Lancaster University – economics). September 2008

  Comparative study of sports participation in UK, US and Canada. With Brad Humphreys and Jane Ruseski of University of Alberta.

• The relationship between cultural and sports consumption – Dr Paul Martin Downward (Loughborough University – Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy ). April 2008

  This research will model cultural and leisure choices with reference to economic theory. Choice modelling will be employed.

• A hurdel duration model of exercise – Dr Barbara Eberth (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). February 2008

  A hurdle duration model of exercise will be carried out using the UK time use data. An important component of this will be to cater for zero inflated data. This will be used to construct to a lifestyle behaviour model.

• Labour supply with heterogeneous leisure – Mr Nils Braakmann. January 2008

  Estimation of labur supply of adults when different leisure activities are associated with different costs.

• Socio-economic position and sleep – Dr Jean Adams (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – School of Population and Health Sciences). November 2007

  Exploring socio-economic inequalities in sleep quantity using a number of different markers of SEP.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus.

• Analysis of regional trends inphysical activity for the North East Physical Activity Data Mapping Project – Miss Gillian Bryant (University of Durham – NEPHO). November 2007

  The data will be used to map trends in the uptake of physical activity over time, between regions and age groups. Where possible, correlations with possible confounders such as ethnicity, deprivation, employment and health status may also be performed. This data will inform the NE physical activity data mapping report, which aims to document all available physical activity data sources within the NE to help establish the current evidence base and identify possible gaps for future research.
  Other surveys used: HSE NTS GHS.

• INTARESE – Professor David Briggs (University of Imperial College – Epidemiology and Public Health). August 2007

  Data are required for the INTARESE study, which is developing methods for integrated assessment of health risks from environmental stressors. Data from the survey will be used to time-weight modelled exposures on the basis of average activity patterns.

• Within Household Inequality and Public Policy – Prof Susan Himmelweit (Open University, The – Faculty of Social Sciences). July 2007

  This is a project to investigate the determinants and effects of inequalities within households looking at gender difference across time and different types of households.
  Other surveys used: EFS BHPS.

• Time Use Project – Ms Rebecca Vichniac. June 2007

  The datasets would be used as a part of the analysis for a new paper, The Parent Trap,� in the Journal of Economic Perspective. The paper is a cross-national comparison of the time spent with children and how the child care is divided amongst the parents.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus BHPS.

• GeNet project 5: WHIPP – Mr Jerome De Henau (Open University, The – Economics). April 2007

  We analyse the determinants and the distribution of intra-household financial inequalities in the UK, with a focus on tax-benefits.
  Other surveys used: FRS GHS LFS Omnibus BHPS FACS ELSA.

• Domestic electricity use profiles – Dr Nilanga Jayawarna (University of Manchester – Electrical Engineering). April 2007

  We want to derive current load curves for domestic consumers in the UK. These load curves will then be used to look at how much micro-generation is required in a UK-Microgrid scenario (e.g. housing estate) and to determine the power flow through the distribution transformer.

• Research – Mr Julius Ayobami Olaogun (London Metropolitan University – Economics and Finance). March 2007

  The data is used only for research purpose only. The research intends to investigate different methods of estimating poverty and see what measurement effects have on poverty.
  Other surveys used: GHS BSA NICHS.

• Research – Mrs Charlotte Kelly (University of Leeds – Institute for Transport). March 2007

  Research for project - I am wanting to look at the data to see whether there is a link between two variables.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS APS FES NTS.

• eSocTu - Time Use Data to Analyse Macro and Micro Chane in an e-Society – Mr Paul Stoneman (University of Essex – Chimera Institute). March 2007
  Other surveys used: Omnibus BHPS.
• Parental Employment and Time with Children – Dr Maria Gutierrez-Domenech. December 2006

  I aim to study the relationship between parental employment and time with children in the UK. So far I have done it for the Spanish case and I wish to expand the analysis to further countries for comparison purposes. I disentangle between quality/basic primary care, secondary care and passive care. Then, I investigate whether there are differences across gender, employment status and other characteristics such as education and income. I also investigate whether there are differences in childcare time patterns across job characteristics.

• Grandparent caring – Professor bob broad (De Montfort University – health and life sciences). December 2006

  I am studying/teaching kinship care and for that social work work I am conducting a review of grandparent caring. I am seeking to find information from official census and other government data about the extent and nature of types of grandparent care of children.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus BSA MCS.

• Academic research – Mr Emanuele Canegrati (University of London School of Economics – Economics). December 2006

  I intend to use the data to evaluate the use of time with respect to different social classes and age, in particular with respect to some activities such as relaxing, taking care of relatives, social activities and so forth. The aim of the analysis is to assess if differences amongst the elder and the younger component of society exist.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Heritage Counts – Mr Geoffrey Dawe. August 2006

  Background analysis for research into impact of historic environment on national, regional and local economy and society.
  Other surveys used: LFS EFS APS BHPS.

• Understanding the Transformation of the Prospects of Place – Dr Eldin Fahmy (University of Bristol – School for Policy Studies). July 2006

  This project seeks to develop a longitudinally consistent approach to understanding the changing geography of poverty and affluence in Britain in the period 1968-2004. The research involves extensive quantitative analysis of large-scale surveys of poverty and wealth in Britain in order to derive synthetic models that can then be applied to census small area statistics for the purposes of geospatial analysis.
  Other surveys used: FES EFS LFS GHS FRS APS BHPS BCS70 FACS ELSA .

• Reproductive Revolution – Dr John MacInnes (University of Edinburgh – Sociology). April 2006

  SHEFC basic research
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Work life balance and travel budgets – Les Mayhew (City University – Statistics). March 2006

  Research into the relationship between travel time, trip purpose and activity.

• Trends in and transitions to unpaid caregiving – Dr Michael Hirst (University of York – Social Policy Research Unit). March 2006

  To extend earlier work examining caring relationships over time and caring-related inequalities.
  Other surveys used: BSA GHS EFS ELSA BHPS.

• Sociological Analysis – Dr Yaojun Li (University of Birmingham – Sociology). March 2006

  I am a lecturer teaching quantitative analysis and doing empirical analysis. I need data for both teaching and research purposes.
  Other surveys used: NICHS APS GHS LFS BSA.

• Time use research – Dr Alison Berry (University of Surrey – CES). March 2006

  Use for TARBASE and BMT carbon vision buildings projects.

• UK2000 Time Use Study to aid advertising media planning – Mr Roger Baron. March 2006

  As background, there are two principal components of an advertising campaign: the advert itself and the mass media that deliver it to the general public. Details are contained in the media plan. Over the past six months we have been using the American Time Use Survey to provide information on when people do activities that are relevant to media planning. For instance, it is important for advertisers of furniture polish to know what time of day and what day of the week women are most likely to clean house (ATUS: "interior cleaning"). Note that we use the information as market research for media planning, never as support for advert copy points. This has been highly useful in the US. Now we would like to develop a similar capability in the UK. We would like access to raw respondent level data from the UK 2000 Time Use Survey, specifically the adult one-day time use diary.

• Volunteering – Dr Iain Lang (University of Exeter – Peninsula Medical School). December 2005

  Examination of time spent volunteering
  Other surveys used: HSE Omnibus.

• The Relationship Between Sports Participation and Family/Household Type – Dr Paul Martin Downward (Loughborough University – Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy). December 2005

  This project will explore the patterns of participation in sport and leisure activities according to family type.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Time and income poverty – Ms Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). September 2005

  To investigate the circumstances of those who can avoid income poverty only by incurring time poverty and vice versa.
  Other surveys used: EFS LFS FRS BHPS.

• ESDS Government – Mr Sam Smith (University of Manchester – CCSR). September 2005

  To support users of ESDS Government datasets.
  Other surveys used: APS.

• Research – Professor David Briggs (University of Imperial College – Epidemiology and Public Health). May 2005

  Data are to be used to generate time-activity matrices for use in simulating population-level exposures as part of two studies (OPUS and HEARTS).

• Regional analysis of intra-household allocation of time – Mr Akshay Sethi. March 2005

  The UK TUS shall be used as part of a World Bank regional study on intra-household allocation of time to compare time-use patterns of the elderly in a number of European countries. The study intends to use econometric models to determine underlying factors that affect labour force participation in ageing populations.

• Household economies of scale – Dr Victoria Vernon. March 2005

  Estimating household economies of scale using data from several different countries. The results will be presented at the Time Use conference in December 2005.

• Monitoring and understanding London's labour market – Dr Margarethe Theseira (Greater London Authority – GLA Economics). February 2005

  This project will analyse levels of labour market participation in London; identify those groups most at risk of exclusion and examine factors associated with exclusion. The project will also explore the general dynamics and characteristics of the London Labour market.
  Other surveys used: LFS APS GHS FRS EFS FES BHPS.

• Social inequality and the body – Dr Nick Crossley (University of Manchester – Sociology). December 2004

  A project which will examine class, gender and age differences in relationship to various health-related activities.
  Other surveys used: GHS HSE.

• Evaluating the Impact of 'Valuing People' – Professor Eric Emerson (Lancaster University – Institute for Health Research). March 2004

  To develop a comprehensive set of performance indicators that can be used to evaluate the impact of current health and social care policies for people with learning disabilities.
  Other surveys used: LFS Omnibus HSE GHS FRS BCS BHPS NCDS FACS MCS BCS70.

• Patterns of ICT Time Use – Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex – Chimera). September 2003

  Analysis of ONS 2000 Time Use data on ICT usage to look at patterns of use (by time of day) and mode of use - i.e. what activities are people starting to use ICTs to achieve (e.g. shopping).
  Other surveys used: BHPS.