Research Theme: Time Use

Questions of time use - how people spend their time, and how patterns of time use differ between individuals and over time - are fundamental issues for social scientists. Standard individual-level data sets allow only partial analysis of these questions. A deeper and more detailed analysis requires a different type of data, usually collected in the form of diaries. Time use researchers at MISOC engage in both collection and analysis of time use data.

Research areas

• Centre for Time Use Research

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• Gender and Time Use

  To what extent do men and women use their time differently? more »

• Methodological and Data Harmonisation Activities

  Research into data quality; and the construction of harmonised data sets which are comparable across countries, or over time. more »

• Time Use and National Accounts

  How might on place a monetary value on activities undertaken inside the home? more »

• Time Use and the Life Course

  How does time use vary over the life course of an individual? more »

• Timing of Activities

  What times of the day, or the week, do different activities take place? How can we model activity sequences? more »