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DAY

Description

DAY reports the day of the week of the diary day; that is, the day about which the respondent is reporting his/her activities. Days are recorded Sunday (1) through Saturday (7).

There are several other variables that report date information on the diary day. See DATE for the date of the diary day, MONTH for the month of the diary day, and YEAR for the year of the diary day.

The ATUS interview took place 2-5 months after the final CPS interview. Date information is also available for the final CPS interview. See MONTH_CPS8 for the month of the final CPS interview and YEAR_CPS8 for the year of the final CPS interview.

Universe

2003-2010: ATUS respondents.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Sunday 5249 3562 3261 3199 3113 3340 3357 3444
2 Monday 2154 1397 1332 1327 1244 1289 1368 1291
3 Tuesday 2096 1391 1322 1310 1226 1248 1300 1341
4 Wednesday 2018 1437 1291 1281 1261 1204 1336 1353
5 Thursday 1959 1382 1301 1267 1183 1235 1265 1306
6 Friday 1996 1343 1298 1301 1166 1226 1285 1300
7 Saturday 5248 3461 3233 3258 3055 3181 3222 3225
99 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --