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September 2005, Vol. 128, No. 9

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Variations in time use at stages of the life cycle

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This visual essay focuses on students, the employed, parents, and older individuals—persons at different stages in the life cycle. The essay includes snapshots of how these groups of individuals, on average, allot their time. It illustrates how a few, select differences—such as employment status, school enrollment status, or the presence of children in the household—can impact a group’s average division of time across various activities. To control for multiple variables that can affect time-use allocation, many charts focus on a specific group of individuals. The essay also includes charts that provide information about when and how long select groups of individuals reported working, as well as information about who worked at home. Data are from the 2003 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), and they refer to activities that respondents identified as primary; except for secondary childcare, activities done simultaneously with these primary activities are not included in the survey. For information about the ATUS activity categories, see the American Time Use Survey Activity Lexicon for 2003, available on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/tus/home.htm. This essay was prepared by Rachel Krantz-Kent, an economist in the Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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