What can time-use data tell us about hours of work? (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, December 2004

What can time-use data tell us about hours of work?

Harley Frazis
Research Economist, Employment Research and Program Development Staff, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Frazis.Harley@bls.gov

Jay Stewart
Research Economist, Employment Research and Program Development Staff, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Stewart.Jay@bls.gov

Estimates of hours worked from the CPS are very close to estimates from the ATUS for CPS reference weeks; however, CPS reference weeks are not representative of the entire month.

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