The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Data and Methods Time Use Research Volume 1

Introduction: Time use diary data – a snapshot in time

Michael Bittman and Oriel Sullivan

Section 1: Collecting time use data

1. The History of Time Use Data Collection

Jonathan Gershuny and Michael Bittman

2. Time use surveys in East Asia

Man-Yee Kan and Muzhi Zhou

3. Time Use Survey Data Collection in Developing Countries and Their Potential to Inform Public Policies

Valeria Esquivel

4. Progress and Setbacks in Time Use Data Collection in Africa: an Assessment of Time Use Surveys and Other Surveys Collecting Time Use Over the Past 25 Years

Jacques Charmes

5. How Does Information from Time-Diaries Compare With ‘Stylized’ Questions

Michael Bittman

6. Understanding the Nature of Time Use Survey Data: Data Structure and Organization

Klas Rydenstam

7. The Light Diary

Michael Bittman

8. Administering Time-Diaries by Telephone: Nearly Forty Years of Experience from Canada

Patricia Houle and Dana Wray

9. Does Diary Mode Matter in Time-Use Research?

Stella Chatzitheochari and Elena Mylona

10. Time Use Diary Design for Our Times: General Principles for Online Design

Oriel Sullivan et al.

11. Context is King: the MOTUS Platform for Time Use Research

Joeri Minnen and Theun Pieter van Tienoven

12. The Intensive Hour Technique: Random Time Sampling

Michael Bittman, Linda Harrison and Sandie M. Wong

13. Testing Self-Report Time Use Diaries Against Objective Instruments in Real Time

Jonathan Gershuny et al.

Section 2: Aspects of time use analysis

14. Incidence of Overlapping or Simultaneous Activities

Maria S. Floro

15. Sequence Analysis of Time Use Patterns

Giacomo Vagni, Benjamin Cornwell and Miriam Siglreitmaier

16. Uses of Subjective Data in Time Use Analyses

William Michelson

17. Moving Between Different Levels of Hierarchical Time Use Data Files

Seth Gershenson and Stephen B. Holt

18. The Multinational Time Use Study

Jonathan Gershuny, Juana Lamote de Grignon Pérez and Tanay Kondiparthy

19. Beyond GDP or SDGs: The Role of Time Diary Data and Subjective Well-being in Tracking and Driving Human Thriving

Gigi Foster

20. The Care Economy and Unpaid Care: Contested Definitions and Methodological Challenges

Nancy Folbre

21. Methods for Valuing the Output of Household Production Using Time Use and Other Data

Duncan Ironmonger and Michael Bittman

22. The Gendered Value of Unpaid Care Work: Labour Input Approach

Jooyeoun Suh

Biography

Michael Bittman is Emeritus Professor at the University of New England, Australia. He has chaired United Nations expert committees on time use research and served as President of the International Association for Time Use Research from 2005 to 2013. 

Oriel Sullivan is a Professor and Co-Director in the ESRC-funded Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR), home of the Multinational Time Use Study, at the Institute of Social Research, University College London. She was jointly responsible for the UK 2014–2015 Harmonised European Time Use Survey and the CTUR ELiDDI online diary design.

"This remarkable two-volume handbook demonstrates the unique value of time use data for addressing today’s most pressing social and policy challenges—from gender equality and care to health, energy, leisure, work and economic well-being. It combines methodological rigor with breadth of application. By bringing together leading voices from around the world, it solidifies the importance of time use research for evidence-based policymaking. I hope it serves as a catalyst for new generations of research and action."

Ugo Lachapelle, President of the International Association of Time Use Research (IATUR) and Full Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Tourism, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada