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Hofferth, Sayer lead Time Use Data for Health and Well Being

R01 provides five years of funding to continue development of the IPUMS-Time Use tool

MPRC continues its commitment to time use research with the recent award of an NIH R01 valued at $2.6 million to continue development of the IPUMS-Time Use research tool. The project will be led by MPRC Research Professor Sandra Hofferth and MPRC Faculty Associate Liana Sayer, working with colleagues from the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, and the Centre for Time Use Research, University of Oxford.

The first five-year phase of the project focused on integrating data from the American Time Use Surveys (ATUS), a series of annual surveys begun in 2003. During the past four years, Phase II, IPUMS-Time Use expanded to three integrated databases: American Time User Survey Extract Builder (ATUS-X), American Heritage Time Use Study Extract Builder (AHTUS-X), and the Multinational Time Use Study Extract Builder (MTUS-X).

It now delivers harmonized time diary data from eight countries spanning Central / Western Europe and North America from the second half of the 20th century, allowing consistent analysis of variation over time and space. This most recent award seeks to expand the database, enhance the data and metadata, improve data infrastructure and access, and support the research community.

See more details in the MPRC Research item

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