Measurement error in stylised and diary data on time use

Publication type

Journal Article

Authors

Publication date

June 1, 2008

Abstract:

We investigate the nature of measurement error in time-use data. Analysis of 'stylized' recall questionnaire estimates and diary-based estimates of housework time from the same respondents of a British survey gives evidence of systematic biases in the stylized estimates and large random errors in both types of estimates. We examine the effect of these measurement problems on three common types of statistical analyses in which the time-use variable is used as: (1) a dependent variable, (2) an explanatory variable, and (3) a basis for cross-tabulations. We develop methods to correct the biases induced by these measurement errors.

Published in

Sociological Methodology

Volume

Volume: 38 (1):101-132

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9531.2008.00197.x

Subjects

Notes

Online in A/S except current 2 years

serial sequence - indexed article

#511885

---

Related Publications

• Measurement error in stylised and diary data on time use

  1.  Man Yee Kan
  2. Stephen Pudney

  ISER Working Paper Series
  February 22, 2007

• Measurement Error in Stylised and Diary Data on Time Use

  1.  Man Yee Kan
  2. Stephen Pudney

  Research Paper
  February 1, 2007

• Measurement Error in Stylised and Diary Data on Time Use

  1.  Man Yee Kan
  2. Stephen Pudney

  Conference Paper
  August 18, 2006