2014 ATUS-X Workshop

The ATUS is a general-purpose time use survey sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The survey has been conducted annually since 2003. The ATUS-X is a new tool designed to make it easy for researchers to create time use variables and extract customized ATUS data files that are ready for analysis.

The workshop was conducted over three days at the University of Maryland from June 25-27, 2014.

Workshop presentations

• Time Use Research Introduction. Kimberly Fisher, University of Oxford
• Introduction to the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). Rose Woods, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Introduction to the TUDAS Extract Builder. Joan Garcia Roman, University of Minnesota
• Measuring Child Care Time in the ATUS. Liana Sayer, University of Maryland
• ATUS Eating and Health Module. Karen Hamrick, Economic Research Service, USDA
• Time Use Data and Economic Analysis. Jay Stewart, BLS
• Introduction to Well Being Module. Kimberly Fisher, University of Oxford
• Linking ATUS and CPS data. Sarah Flood, University of Minnesota
• Introduction to Parental Leave Module. Yoonjoo Lee, University of Maryland
• Introduction to the AHTUS and MTUS. Kimberly Fisher, University of Oxford

Workshop exercises

• Workshop exercises
• Table Shells
• Workshop answers
• Populated tables

Other materials

• Creating time use variables using hierarchical files
  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • Stata
• Downloading and reading ATUS data
• Secondary eating and drinking filter