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August 1999, Vol. 122, No. 8

What can we learn from time-use data?

Mary Joyce and Jay Stewart
Economists, Office of Employment Research and Program Development, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Data on the ways in which people allocate their time among daily activities can be used to answer questions on a broad range of economic and sociological issues. In this article, we discuss some of the many research applications of time-use data.

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