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New Data: U.S. - BLS American Time Use Survey
Thursday, 23 May 2019 08:04 ET
By Jason Flynn
Summary
May 2019 -- Data Buffet now carries an extract of the Bureau of Labor Statistics "American Time Use Survey" (160 new annual series from 2003).
Detail

Dataset properties:

  • Source document: "Table 7. Employed persons working on main job at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by class of worker, occupation, and earnings, annual averages"
  • Classifications:
    • SOC 2000 for 2003 to 2010
    • SOC 2010 from 2011
    • Data across the 2010/2011 break are not strictly comparable.
  • Measurements:
    • Thousands of persons (Ths. #)
    • Hours (Hours)
    • Percent (%)
  • Seasonal adjustment: Not applicable
  • Native frequency: Annual
  • Start date: 2003 (inception of the ATUS)

The series reside in the historical catalog (United States » Labor markets » Employment » Other employment surveys » American Time Use Survey (BLS) » Employed persons who worked | Employed persons | Average hours worked per day | Percent of employed persons) and include, for example:

  • LWQTUEMW2UA.IUSA    = Employed - Class of worker=Wage and salary, (Ths. #)
  • LWYTUHWO43L2UA.IUSA = Average hours worked per day - Occupation=Office and administrative support - Work location=Workplace, (Hours)
  • LW%TUEWO51L3UA.IUSA = Percent of those who worked - Occupation=Production - Work location=Home, (%)

Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.

Please be aware that

This dataset spans several labor-characteristic dimensions, but not all combinations exist. The layout of the official table can be difficult to interpret. For clarity, our description metadata concatenates each characteristic, using "key=value" syntax.

References

Other
Related ReleaseAmerican Time Use Survey
SourceU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
FrequencyAnnual
GeographyUnited States
Upcoming
Release DateReference date
19 Aug 20242023