ATUS Sample Descriptions

All samples contain time diary data for ATUS respondents only which span one 24-hour period. The data are nationally representative of the civilian, non-institutionalized population age 15 and older. Due to the complex sample design, users of ATUS data must make use of weights to produce representative statistics (WT06 is recommended for ATUS-X users, except for users of Eating and Health Module data who should use EHWT and users of Well-Being Module data who should use AWBWT).

• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010

2003 sample

• Time diary data for 20,720 respondents.
• Response rate: 57.8%

2004 sample

• Time diary data for 13,973 respondents.
• Response rate: 57.3%

2005 sample

• Time diary data for 13,038 respondents.
• Response rate: 56.6%

2006 sample

• Time diary data for 12,943 respondents.
• Response rate: 55.1%
• Module: Eating and Health
• Secondary eating and drinking data
• General health measures, income, food stamp participation, grocery shopping and meal preparation data

2007 sample

• Time diary data for 12,248 respondents.
• Response rate: 52.5%
• Module: Eating and Health
• Secondary eating and drinking data
• General health measures, income, food stamp participation, grocery shopping and meal preparation data

2008 sample

• Time diary data for 12,723 respondents.
• Response rate: 54.6%
• Module: Eating and Health
• Secondary eating and drinking data
• General health measures, income, food stamp participation, grocery shopping and meal preparation data

2009 sample

• Time diary data for 13,133 respondents.
• Response rate: 56.6%

2010 sample

• Time diary data for 13,260 respondents.
• Response rate: 56.9%
• Module: Well-Being
• Activity-level affect data
• General health measures