Time Use Calculation - 80k Book Cover

	A	B	C	D
1	category	SUM of Total hours on week	SUM of Total hours on week	Percentage excluding sleep
2	Chores	18.0	10.7%	17%
3	Eating	8.1	4.8%	8%
4	Everything else	10.8	6.4%	10%
5	Leisure & Sports	27.8	16.5%	26%
6	Sleep	60.9	36.2%
7	Work	42.4	25.2%	40%
8	Grand Total	168.00	100.00%	107.10
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10	Process: - Take data from Activity Summary file from ATUS 2024. It contains one entry for each respondent and reports time per activity for a single day of their life - Filter for employed (TELFS = 1 or 2) AND full-time worker (TRDPFTPT = 1) - Split records between weekdays and weekends (using TUDIARYDAY) - Sum time per activy grouping by 4-level activity code, obtaining time per activity per per person for a single day of their life - Average across individuals using census weights (TUFINLWGT), separating between weekend and weekdays - Do simple weighted sum to get estimate by week Time use codings at: https://www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons/lexiconwex2024.pdf Data dictionary: https://www.bls.gov/tus/dictionaries/atusintcodebk24.pdf Data from the 2024 American Time Use Survey: https://www.bls.gov/tus/data/datafiles-2024.htm See code at: https://github.com/alejoacelas/80k-time-use-estimate
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