Disability and Use of Time (DUST): 2009
Since a fascinating talk by Suzanne Bianchi here at Carleton earlier this spring, there has been a resurgence of interest in time use studies. Some new data from the PSID used time diaries to collect information from older couples about disability, time use, and well being.
From the description: “PSID heads and wives were each interviewed twice about two randomly selected days—one week day and one weekend day. Information was obtained using time diaries about what respondents did, where they were, who did the activities with them, who else was there, how they felt, and for household and care-related activities, for whom the activity was carried out. Diaries also include more detailed measures of well-being for 3 randomly selected activities per diary. The first interview also included in-depth questions about the respondent’s health, functioning, well-being, and stylized time use/participation measures.”
The data are available for download from the PSID web site in SAS format. Even though Carleton does not have a license for SAS, we have software that can translate it into a format compatible with our other statistical packages. Just contact me and I’ll get you to the right person who can help.
Related:
American Time Use Survey
On the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) web site, you can find an overview and description of the dataset, including its uses and methodology, as well as download statistical tables, charts and microdata sets (DAT and CSV files with SPSS, Stata, and SAS program files) and news releases.