Readme File for UK 2000-01
README FILE FOR UK 2000
(World 5.5 – Release 3; World 5.8 & World 6.0 Release -1)
26 June 2013
CONTENTS:
Technical description of the survey
Information on the original files
Time-use variables
Variable-specific information
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY
Age range / 8+Response rate / 45%
Number of diary days / 2 days, 1 weekend and 1 weekday
Survey period / June 2000 - September 2001
Multi-member household survey / Yes, all persons aged 8+
Type of diary / Same day as activities
Mode of data collection / Self-completed in own-words with pen and paper
Time interval in the diary / 10 minutes
Data on secondary activities / Yes
Data on where the activity was carried out / Yes
Data on who else was present / Yes
Number of activity codes / 265 original codes, + 2 imputed codes (imputed sleep, imputed travel)
Number of cases in the original file / 20,980 (+ 1 non-diary/24 hours no activity or other account – hldid= 814453, persid=2, diary=2)
3732 diaries + non-diary from people aged 8-17
17248 diaries from diarists aged 18+
Number of ‘good’ diaries in the World5.5 file / 19911 (3527 from ages 8-17; 16384 from ages 18+)
INFORMATION ON THE ORIGINAL FILES
There are three original files for UK 2000/01 study used to create the MTUS file. These were deposited by the UK Office for National Statistics with the UK Data Archive Economic and Social Data Service.
Hhld_data_6.sav contains the demographic information on household.
Individual_data_3.sav contains the demographic information on individual.
Diary_data_8.sav contains aggregated information on time use variables.
TIME-USE VARIABLES
Activity Variable Documentation for UK, 2000-2001
AV 41Variables / Activity / UK 2000-01 original activity codes
AV1 / Formal work / The following not at home
1000 Unspecified employment
1110 Working time in main job
1120 Coffee and other breaks in main job
1300 Unspecified activities related to employment
1310 Lunch break
1390 Unspecified activities related to employment
1391 job seeking
1399 Other specified activity related to employment
AV2 / Paid work at home / The following at home
1000 Unspecified employment
1110 Working time in main job
1120 Coffee and other breaks in main job
1300 Unspecified activities related to employment
1310 Lunch break
1390 Unspecified activities related to employment
1391 job seeking
1399 Other specified activity related to employment
AV3 / Second job / 1210 Working time in second job
1220 Coffee and other breaks in second job
AV4 / School/classes / 2000 Unspecified study
2100 Unspecified activities related to school or university
2110 Classes and lectures
2190 Other specified activities related to school or university
AV5 / Travel to/from work or education / 9110 Travel in the course of work
9130 Travel to work from home and back only
9140 Travel to work from a place other than home
9210 Travel related to education
9230 Travel escorting to/from education
AV6 / Cooking/washing up / 3100 Unspecified food management
3110 Food preparation
3120 Baking
3130 Dish washing
3140 Preserving
3190 Other specified food management
AV7 / Housework / 3000 Unspecified household and family care
3200 Unspecified household upkeep
3210 Cleaning dwelling
3220 Cleaning yard
3240 Various arrangements
3250 Disposal of waste
3290 Other specified household upkeep
3300 Unspecified making and care for textiles
3310 Laundry
3320 Ironing
3390 Other specified making and care for textiles
3710 Household management not using the internet
3720 Household management using the internet
3727 bank or pay bills over internet
3729 other specified household management over internet
AV8 / Other domestic work / 3230 Heating and water
3420 Tending domestic animals
3430 Caring for pets
3500 Unspecified construction and repairs
3510 House construction and renovation
3520 Repairs of dwelling
3530 Unspecified make, repair, maintaining equipment
3539 Other specified make, repair, maintain equipment
3540 Vehicle maintenance
3590 Other specified construction and repairs
3910 Unspecified help to adult in household
3911 Physical care of adult in household
3914 Accompany adult in household
3919 Other specified help to an adult
4200 Unspecified informal help
4210 Food management as help
4220 Household upkeep as help
4230 Gardening and pet care as help
4240 Construction and repairs as help
4250 Shopping and services as help
4260 Help in employment and farming
4270 Unspecified childcare as help
4271 Physical child care as help
4272 Teaching a child as help
4273 Read/talk to child as help
4274 Accompany child as help
4279 Other specified childcare as help
4280 Unspecified help to adult of another household
4281 Physical care of adult as help
4284 Accompany adult as help
4289 Other specified adult help
4290 Other specified informal help
AV9 / Gardening / 3400 Unspecified gardening and pet care
3410 Gardening
3490 Other specified gardening and pet care
6220 Picking berries, mushrooms and herbs
6290 Other specified productive exercise
AV10 / Shopping / 3600 Unspecified shopping and services
3610 Unspecified shopping
3611 Shopping mainly for food
3612 Shopping mainly for clothing
3613 Look for accommodation
3614 Browse car boot sales
3615 Window shopping, leisure shopping
3619 Other specified shopping
3620 Commercial and administrative services
3690 Other specified shopping and services
3721 order unspecified goods over internet
3722 order food over internet
3723 order clothes over internet
3724 order other goods over internet
3725 order mass media over internet
3726 order entertainment over internet
AV11 / Child care / 3800 Unspecified childcare
3810 Unspecified physical care and supervision
3811 Feeding the child
3819 Other specified physical care
3820 Teaching the child
3830 Reading, playing and talking with child
3840 Accompanying child
3890 Other specified childcare
AV12 / Domestic travel / 9310 Travel related to household care
9360 Travel related to shopping
9370 Travel related to services
9380 Travel escorting a child (other than education)
9390 Travel escorting an adult (other than education)
AV13 / Dressing/toilet / 0 Unspecified personal care
300 Unspecified other personal care
301 short gap prior to travel from home or returning home from travel
310 Wash and dress
390 Other specified personal care
AV14 / Receive personal services / 3630 Personal services
AV15 / Meals/snacks / 210 Eating (not at work or restaurant)
AV16 / Sleep/naps / 10 Unspecified sleep
110 Sleep
111 Imputed sleep
120 Sick in bed
AV17 / Leisure travel / For all of these, location not on foot
9000 Travel related to unspecified time use
9010 Travel related to personal business
9410 Travel related to organizational work
9420 Travel related to informal help to other households
9430 Travel related to religious activities
9440 Travel related to participatory activities other than religious activities
9500 Travel to visit friends/relatives in their homes (not respondent’s household)
9510 Travel related to other social activities
9520 Travel related to entertainment and culture
9610 Travel related to physical exercise
9620 Travel related to hunting and fishing
9630 Travel related to productive exercise other than hunting and fishing
9710 Travel related to gambling
9720 Travel related to hobbies other than gambling
9810 Travel to holiday base
9820 Travel for day trip/just walk
9850 No activity but recorded mode of transport
9890 Other specified travel
AV18 / Excursions, trips / 5230 Art exhibitions and museums
5240 Unspecified use of library
5241 Return cds, audio items to library
5242 Return books to library
5243 Use internet at library
5244 Other library computer use
5245 Read newspapers in library
5246 Listen to music in library
5249 Other specified library activity
5290 Other specified entertainment and culture
5291 Visiting a historical site
5292 Visiting a wildlife site
5293 Visiting a botanical site
5294 Visiting a leisure park
5295 Visiting an urban park, playground
5299 Other specified entertainment or culture
AV19 / Playing sport / 6000 Unspecified sports and outdoor activities
6100 Unspecified physical exercise
6120 Jogging and running
6130 Biking, skiing and skating (combined or unclear)
6131 Biking
6132 skiing or skating
6140 Unspecified ball games
6141 Indoor pairs or doubles games
6142 Indoor team games
6143 Outdoor pairs or doubles games
6144 Outdoor team games
6149 Other specified ball games
6150 Gymnastics
6160 Fitness
6170 Unspecified water sports
6171 Swimming
6179 Other specified water sports
6190 Other specified physical exercise
6200 Unspecified productive exercise
6210 Hunting and fishing
6310 Unspecified sports/prod exercise related activities
6311 Activities related to sports
6312 Activities related to productive exercise
AV20 / Watching sport / 5250 Sports events
AV21 / Walks / 3440 Walking the dog
6110 Walking and hiking
6111 Walk or hike at least 2 miles or 1 hour
6119 other walk or hike
+ all AV17 codes if journey taken on foot
AV22 / At church / 4320 Religious activities
AV23 / Civic organizations / 4000 Unspecified volunteer work and meetings
4100 Unspecified organisational work
4110 Work for an organisation
4120 Volunteer work through an organization
4190 Other specified organizational work
4300 Unspecified participatory activities
4310 Meetings
4390 Other specified participatory activities
9950 Filling in the time use diary
AV24 / Cinema/theatre / 5200 Unspecified entertainment and culture
5210 Cinema
5220 Unspecified theatre and concerts
5221 Plays, musicals or pantomime
5222 Opera
5223 Concerts or classical music
5224 Other live music
5225 Dance performance
5229 Other specified theatre or concert
AV25 / Dance/party, etc. / 5000 Unspecified social life and entertainment
5105 No recorded activity but recorded location away from home
5100 Unspecified social life
5130 Feasts
5190 Other specified social life
7340 Gambling
AV26 / Social clubs / Not possible to create
AV27 / Pubs / Not possible to distinguish from restaurant
AV28 / Restaurants / AV1 to AV14 coded and location is at restaurant (6)
AV29 / Visiting friends / 210 – eating
5120 Visiting and receiving visitors
and for both location=5 (other people’s homes)
AV30 / Listening to radio / 8310 Unspecified listening to radio
8311 Listen to music on the radio
8312 Listen to sport on the radio
8319 Other specified radio listening
AV31 / Watching T.V. / 8000 Unspecified mass media
8210 Unspecified watching TV
8211 Watch film on TV
8212 Watch sport on TV
8219 Other specified TV watching
8220 Unspecified watching video
8221 Watch film on video
8222 Watch sport on video
8229 Other specified video watching
AV32 / Listening to music, etc. / 8300 Unspecified listening to radio and music
8320 Listening to recordings
AV33 / Study / 2120 Homework
2210 Free time study
7220 Computing-programming
7230 Unspecified computing for information
7231 Internet search
7239 Other information by computer
7250 Unspecified other computing
7251 Unspecified internet use
7259 Other specified computing
AV34 / Reading books / 8100 Unspecified reading
8120 Reading books
AV35 / Reading papers/magazines / 8110 Reading periodicals
8190 Other specified reading
AV36 / Relaxing / 5310 Resting-time out
AV37 / Conversation / 5110 Socialising with household members
5140 Telephone conversation
AV38 / Entertaining friends / 5120 Visiting and receiving visitors and location not 5 (not at other people’s homes)
AV39 / Knitting/sewing / 3330 Handicraft and producing textiles
AV40 / Pastimes/hobbies / 3531 Woodcraft, metal craft, sculpture, pottery
7000 Unspecified hobbies and games
7100 Unspecified arts
7110 Unspecified visual arts
7111 Painting, drawing, graphic arts
7112 Make video, take photo
7119 Other specified visual arts
7120 Unspecified performing arts
7121 Singing or musical activity
7129 Other specified performing arts
7130 Literary arts
7190 Other specified arts
7200 Unspecified hobbies
7210 Collecting
7240 Unspecified communication by computing
7241 Communication on the internet
7249 Other specified communication by computer
7260 Correspondence
7290 Other specified hobbies
7300 Unspecified games
7310 Solo games and play
7320 Unspecified games and play with others
7321 Billiards, pool, snooker
7322 Chess, bridge
7329 Other specified games
7330 Computer games
7390 Other specified games
AV41 / Unknown activity / 9940 Punctuating activity
9960 No main activity, no idea what it might be
9970 No main activity, some idea what it might be
9980 Illegible activity
9990 Unspecified time use
MAIN/SEC 69 Variables / Activity / UK 2000-01 original activity codes
*note secondary activity not collected in the child diaries of people aged 8-13 or during sleep, paid work or education
Main/Sec1 / Imputed personal and household care / 301 short gap prior to travel from home or returning home from travel added by the MTUS team in the sequence of personal care
Main/Sec2 / Sleep or nap / 10 Unspecified sleep
110 Sleep
120 Sick in bed
Main/Sec3 / Imputed sleep / 111 Imputed sleep (code added by the MTUS team in the sequence of personal care)
Main/Sec4 / Wash/dress/care for self / 0 Unspecified personal care
300 Unspecified other personal care
310 Wash and dress
390 Other specified personal care
Main/Sec5 / Meals at work or school / 210 Eating (at work or school – wher=4)
1310 Lunch break
Main/Sec6 / Other meals / 210 Eating not coded in categories 5 or 38
Main/Sec7 / Paid work, main job (not at home) / Not coded in category 8
1000 Unspecified employment
1110 Working time in main job
1300 Unspecified activities related to employment
Main/Sec8 / Paid work at home / At home (wher=2) or second home (wher=3) and
1000 Unspecified employment
1110 Working time in main job
1120 Coffee and other breaks in main job
1210 Working time in second job
1300 Unspecified activities related to employment
1390 Unspecified activities related to employment
1399 Other specified activity related to employment
Main/Sec9 / Second or other job not at home / Not coded in category 8
1210 Working time in second job
Main/Sec10 / Unpaid work to generate household income / Not possible to create in this survey, though such activity may appear in clothing repair (21), gardening (46), crafts and hobbies (54)
Main/Sec11 / Travel as a part of work / 9110 Travel in the course of work
Main/Sec12 / Work breaks / 1120 Coffee and other breaks in main job
1220 Coffee and other breaks in second job
Main/Sec13 / Other time at workplace / 1390 Unspecified activities related to employment
1399 Other specified act related to employment
Main/Sec14 / Look for work / 1391 job seeking
Main/Sec15 / Regular schooling, education / 2000 Unspecified study
2100 Unspecified act related to school or university
2110 Classes and lectures
Main/Sec16 / Homework / 2120 Homework
Main/Sec17 / Leisure/other education of training / 2190 Other specified school or university act
2210 Free time study
Main/Sec18 / Food preparation/ cooking / 3100 Unspecified food management
3110 Food preparation
3120 Baking
3140 Preserving
Main/Sec19 / Set table, wash or put away dishes / 3130 Dish washing
3190 Other specified food management
Main/Sec20 / Cleaning / 3210 Cleaning dwelling
3220 Cleaning yard
3250 Disposal of waste
Main/Sec21 / Laundry, ironing, clothing repair / 3300 Unspecified making and care for textiles
3310 Laundry
3320 Ironing
3390 Other specified making and care for textiles
Main/Sec22 / Home/vehicle maintenance or improvement / 3200 Unspecified household upkeep
3230 Heating and water
3290 Other specified household upkeep
3420 Tending domestic animals
3500 Unspecified construction and repairs
3510 House construction and renovation
3520 Repairs of dwelling
3530 Unspecified make, repair, maintaining equipment
3539 Other specified make, repair, maintain equipment
3540 Vehicle maintenance
3590 Other specified construction and repairs
Main/Sec23 / Other domestic work / 3000 Unspecified household and family care
3240 Various arrangements
3710 Household management not using the internet
3720 Household management using the internet
3727 Bank or pay bills over internet
3729 Other specified household management over internet
Main/Sec24 / Purchase goods and general consumption activities / 3600 Unspecified shopping and services
3610 Unspecified shopping
3611 Shopping mainly for food
3612 Shopping mainly for clothing
3613 Look for accommodation
3614 Browse car boot sales
3615 Window shopping, leisure shopping
3619 Other specified shopping
3690 Other specified shopping and services
3721 Order unspecified goods over internet
3722 Order food over internet
3723 Order clothes over internet
3724 Order other goods over internet
3725 Order mass media over internet
3726 Order entertainment over internet
Main/Sec25 / Consume personal services / 3630 Personal services
Main/Sec26 / Consume other services / 3620 Commercial and administrative services
Main/Sec27 / Pet care (not walk dog) / 3430 Caring for pets
Main/Sec28 / Physical, medical child care / 3800 Unspecified childcare
3810 Unspecified physical care and supervision
3811 Feeding the child
3819 Other specified physical care
4270 Unspecified childcare as help
4271 Physical child care as help
Main/Sec29 / Teach, help with homework / 3820 Teaching the child
4272 Teaching a child as help
Main/Sec30 / Read to, talk or play with child / 3830 Reading, playing and talking with child
4273 Read/talk to child as help
Main/Sec31 / Supervise, accompany, other child care / 3840 Accompanying child
3890 Other specified childcare
4274 Accompany child as help
4279 Other specified childcare as help
Main/Sec32 / Adult care / 3910 Unspecified help to adult in household
3911 Physical care of adult in household
3914 Accompany adult in household
3919 Other specified help to an adult
4280 Unspecified help to adult of another household
4281 Physical care of adult as help
4284 Accompany adult as help
4289 Other specified adult help
Main/Sec33 / Voluntary, civic, organisational activity / 4000 Unspecified volunteer work and meetings
4100 Unspecified organisational work
4110 Work for an organisation
4120 Volunteer work through an organization
4190 Other specified organizational work
4200 Unspecified informal help
4210 Food management as help
4220 Household upkeep as help
4230 Gardening and pet care as help
4240 Construction and repairs as help
4250 Shopping and services as help
4260 Help in employment and farming
4290 Other specified informal help
4300 Unspecified participatory activities
4310 Meetings
4390 Other specified participatory activities
9950 Filling in the time use diary
Main/Sec34 / Worship and religion / 4320 Religious activities
Main/Sec35 / General out-of-home leisure / 5000 Unspecified social life and entertainment
5200 Unspecified entertainment and culture
5299 Other specified entertainment or culture
Main/Sec36 / Attend sporting event / 5250 Sports events
Main/Sec37 / Cinema, theatre, opera, concert / 5210 Cinema
5220 Unspecified theatre and concerts
5221 Plays, musicals or pantomime
5222 Opera
5223 Concerts or classical music
5224 Other live music
5225 Dance performance
5229 Other specified theatre or concert
Main/Sec38 / Other public event, venue / 5230 Art exhibitions and museums
5240 Unspecified use of library
5241 Return CDs, audio items to library
5242 Return books to library
5243 Use internet at library
5244 Other library computer use
5245 Read newspapers in library
5246 Listen to music in library
5249 Other specified library activity
5290 Other specified entertainment and culture
5291 Visiting a historical site
5292 Visiting a wildlife site
5293 Visiting a botanical site
5294 Visiting a leisure park
5295 Visiting an urban park, playground
Main/Sec39 / Restaurant, café, bar, pub / (at restaurant – wher=6)
210 Eating
5000 Unspecified social life and entertainment
5100 Unspecified social life
5110 Socialising with household members
5120 Visiting and receiving visitors
Main/Sec40 / Party, reception, social event, gambling / 5130 Feasts
7340 Gambling
Main/Sec41 / Imputed time away from home / 5105 No recorded activity but recorded location away from home, code added by the MTUS team
Main/Sec42 / General sport or exercise / 6000 Unspecified sports and outdoor activities
6100 Unspecified physical exercise
6120 Jogging and running
6132 Skiing or skating
6140 Unspecified ball games
6141 Indoor pairs or doubles games
6142 Indoor team games
6143 Outdoor pairs or doubles games
6144 Outdoor team games
6149 Other specified ball games
6150 Gymnastics
6160 Fitness
6170 Unspecified water sports
6171 Swimming
6179 Other specified water sports