What can we learn from time-use data?
Information about the ways in which people use their time can be used to answer questions on a broad range of economic and sociological issues. Time-use surveys gather information on all the activities individuals engage in during a 24-hour period, and the data they produce are remarkable wide in s...
| Publicado en: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 122; no. 8; pp. 3 - 7 |
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US Department of Labor
August 1999
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| Sumario: | Information about the ways in which people use their time can be used to answer questions on a broad range of economic and sociological issues. Time-use surveys gather information on all the activities individuals engage in during a 24-hour period, and the data they produce are remarkable wide in scope. How people allocate their time among daily activities has important implications for financial security, health, emotional well-being, and general level of happiness. The writers discuss some of the many research applications of time-use data. |
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