American Time Use Survey 2009 Microdata Files
This page includes links to the 2009 ATUS microdata files and
supporting documentation. Researchers can use the ATUS microdata files to
produce their own time-use estimates or do other analyses. Each ZIP file
contains a data file along with computer programs that will read the data
file into SAS, SPSS, and Stata. The data files are in CSV-format
(comma-separated values).
The microdata files do not contain time-use estimates. Tables showing
time-use estimates for major activity categories, selected detailed
activities, and selected demographic and labor force characteristics are
available on the ATUS Web site under the headings News
Releases, Charts and Tables.
About ATUS Data
Basic ATUS Data
2009 Basic ATUS Data Dictionaries (PDF Files)
2009 Basic ATUS Data Files
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ATUS
2009 Respondent file (zip) (1.0 MB) The Respondent file contains
information about ATUS respondents, including their labor force
status and earnings.
CORRECTED — The Respondent file, originally released June 22, 2010, was re-released on June 22, 2011, with corrected data for the weekly earnings variable TRERNWA. No other data were changed. As initially released, TRERNWA was not correct because overtime earnings were omitted from about 170 cases.
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2009 Roster file (zip) (0.2 MB) The Roster file contains
information about household members and nonhousehold children (under
18) of ATUS respondents. It includes information such as age and
sex.
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ATUS
2009 Activity file (zip) (4.2 MB) The Activity file contains
information about how ATUS respondents spent their diary day. It
includes information such as activity codes, activity start and stop
times, and locations.
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ATUS
2009 Activity summary file (zip) (0.8 MB) The Activity summary
file contains information about the total time each ATUS respondent
spent doing each activity on the diary day.
CORRECTED — The Activity summary file, originally released June 22, 2010, was re-released on June 22, 2011, with corrected data for the weekly earnings variable TRERNWA. No other data were changed. As initially released, TRERNWA was not correct because overtime earnings were omitted from about 170 cases.
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2009 Who file (zip) (1.0 MB) The Who file includes codes that
indicate who was present during each activity.
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ATUS-CPS
2009 file (zip) (6.4 MB) The ATUS-CPS file contains information
about each household member of all individuals selected to
participate in ATUS. The information on the ATUS-CPS file was
collected 2 to 5 months before the ATUS interview.
Additional ATUS Data
2009 Additional ATUS Data Dictionaries (PDF Files)
2009 Additional ATUS Data Files
2009 Survey Documentation
Last Modified Date: June 22, 2012
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