Time Use Data Sets
This is the data page for “Measuring Leisure: The Allocation of Time over Five Decades,” by Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst. All datasets and programs are in Stata format. The latest version of the paper can be found here. The robustness appendix can be found here.
A response to Valerie Ramey’s critique of our work can be found here. Ramey’s critique can be found here.
Last updated: February 13, 2007
The glossary of variable names can be found here: Variable Glossary.
The merged dataset is found here: merged_datasets.zip
The programs used to generate tables and figures are found here: tables_and_figures.do, dispersion.do, jmp_decomp.do
The demographic cell weights can be found here: cells.dta
The program used to generate tables and figures for the working paper version is found here: tables_and_figures_wp.do
The original datasets (converted to Stata format) are found here:
1965: timeuse_65.dta codebook
1975: timeuse_75.dta codebook
1985: timeuse_85.dta codebook
1993: timeuse_93.dta codebook
2003: atusact.dta, atusresp.dta, atusrost.dta, atuscps.dta codebook
To create the merged dataset from the original datasets (or to see how they were made), run the following programs in order: