Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51851 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5306
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Time-use researchers are typically interested in the time use of individuals, but time use data are samples of person-days. Given day-to-day variation in how people spend their time, this distinction is analytically important. We examine the conditions necessary to make inferences about the time use of individuals from a sample of person-days. We also discuss whether and how surveys with multiple household members or multiple days are an improvement over single-diary surveys.
Subjects: 
time use
estimation
survey methods
JEL: 
C81
D13
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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