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Title: Navigating COVID-19 Disruptions in U.S. Time Diary Data
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2022
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DOI: 10.18128/IPUMS2022-01
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Abstract: The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is the premier dataset in the U.S. for understanding how Americans allocate their time across the multiple domains of daily life and is ideal for comparing time use during the COVID period and prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, data collection was paused in March 2020 and resumed in May 2020. This paper investigates the impact of this data collection pause and the partial-year sample weights on sample characteristics and time use outcomes. Our recommendation to researchers is to use full-year 2003-2019 data for trend analyses and the COVID-period 2020 data to focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in time use. Based on several analyses, we conclude that there are multiple options for addressing the gap in 2020 data collection given the robustness of the sample and time use estimates to this omission. Comparing the full year of 2019 data and the May to December 2020 data, our time use analyses indicate that time spent in leisure, telephone calls, and household production increased during the pandemic, while time spent volunteering, traveling, religious activities, and shopping decreased significantly.
Url: https://assets.ipums.org/_files/ipums/working_papers/ipums_wp_2022-01.pdf
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Authors: Flood, Sarah M; Genadek, Katie R; Drotning, Kelsey J; Sayer, Liana C
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Publication Number: 2022-01
Institution: IPUMS
Pages: 1-30
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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS, IPUMS Time Use - ATUS
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection
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