By BLS-Affiliated Authors or Appearing in BLS Publications

• Monthly Labor Review Articles
• Other Published Articles
• Working Papers

By Authors and in Publications Not Affiliated with BLS

• Examples of How ATUS Data are Being Used in Research

Monthly Labor Review Articles

• How do older Americans spend their time? (Abstract) (PDF) (677K)
  Rachel Krantz-Kent and Jay Stewart (May 2007)



• Comparing childcare measures in the ATUS and earlier time diary studies (Abstract) (PDF) (284K)
  Mary Dorinda Allard, Suzanne Bianchi, Jay Stewart, and Vanessa R. Wight (May 2007)



• Teen time use and parental education: evidence from the CPS, MTF, and ATUS (Abstract) (PDF) (419K)
  Shirley L. Porterfield and Anne E. Winkler (May 2007)



• Variations in time use at stages of the life cycle (Excerpt) (PDF) (59K)
  Rachel Krantz-Kent (September 2005)



• Developing the American Time Use Survey activity classification system (Abstract) (PDF) (65K)
  Kristina Shelley (June 2005)



• What can time-use data tell us about hours of work? (Abstract) (PDF) (89K)
  Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart (December 2004)



• Planning, designing, and executing the BLS American Time-Use Survey (Abstract) (PDF) (98K)
  Michael Horrigan and Diane Herz (October 2004)



• Measuring intrahousehold allocation of time: response to Anne E. Winkler (Abstract) (PDF) (53K)
  Lisa K. Schwartz, Diane Herz, and Harley Frazis (February 2002)



• Measuring time use in households with more than one person (Abstract) (PDF) (140K)
  Anne E. Winkler (February 2002)



• The American Time Use Survey: cognitive pretesting (Abstract) (PDF) (86K)
  Lisa K. Schwartz (February 2002)



• What can we learn from time use data? (Abstract) (PDF) (22K)
  Mary Joyce and Jay Stewart (August 1999)



• Measuring how people spend their time: a time-use survey design (Abstract) (PDF) (70K)
  Linda L. Stinson (August 1999)

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Other Published Articles

• Where Does the Time Go? Concepts and Measurement in the American Time Use Survey (HTML)
  Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart. In Hard to Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Memory of Zvi Griliches. University of Chicago Press, October 2007.



• Assessing Alternative Dissimilarity Indexes for Comparing Activity Profiles (PDF) (1.0MB)
  Jay Stewart. Electronic International Journal of Time Use Research. Volume 3, No. 1/August 2006.



• Time Use as a Way of Examining Contexts of Adolescent Development in the United States
  Margaret K. Vernon. Society and Leisure. Volume 28, No. 2/2006.



• How Much Time Do Americans Spend Preparing and Eating Food? (HTML)
  Karen Hamrick and Kristina J. Shelley. Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America. Volume 3, No. 5/November 2005.



• Data Watch: The American Time Use Survey (Abstract)
  Daniel S. Hamermesh, Harley Frazis, and Jay Stewart. Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 19, No. 1/Winter 2005.



• How Americans Spend Their Time: A First Look at the New American Time Use Survey
  Mary Dorinda Allard. Chance. Volume 18, No. 1/Winter 2005.



• Assessing the Bias Associated with Alternative Contact Strategies in Telephone Time-Use Surveys (ABSTRACT) (PDF) (332K)
  Jay Stewart. Survey Methodology. Volume 28, No. 2/December 2002.



• The American Time-Use Survey
  Diane Herz and Richard M. Devens, Jr. Industrial Relations. Volume 40, No. 3/July 2001.

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Working Papers

• Are Those Who Bring Work Home Really Working Longer Hours? Implications for BLS Productivity Measures (Abstract)
  Lucy P. Eldridge and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia (May 2007)



• How Does Household Production Affect Earnings Inequality? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey (PDF) (164K)
  Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart (May 2006)



• Pre-testing Sensitive Questions: Perceived Sensitivity, Comprehension, and Order Effects of Questions about Income and Weight (PDF) (124K)
  Margaret K. Vernon (2005)



• Nonresponse bias in the American Time Use Survey (PDF) (87K)
  Grace O’Neill and John Dixon (2005)



• Response Analysis Survey: A Qualitative look at Response and Nonresponse in the American Time Use Survey (PDF) (140K)
  Grace O'Neill and Jessica Sincavage (2004)



• Reporting Absences from Home: Results of Cognitive Testing of the American Time Use Survey's Missed Days Summary Question (PDF) (375K)
  Scott Fricker and Lisa K. Schwartz (August 2001)



• What's Work? Respondents' Interpretations of Work-Related Summary Questions (PDF) (452K)
  Lisa K. Schwartz, Siri Lynn, and Jayme Gortman (July 2001)



• Minding the Children: Understanding How Recall and Conceptual Interpretations Influence Responses to a Time-Use Summary Question (PDF) (459K)
  Lisa K. Schwartz (February 2001)

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