British Household Panel Survey Calibrated Time Use Data, 1994-2004

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>For this project, a set of time use variables were calibrated for the <i>British Household Panel Survey</i> (BHPS), which ran from 1991-2009 (see the <a href="http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=200005" title="BHPS">BHPS series</a> webpage), using evidence derived from a smaller-scale panel survey that collected time use information by both the survey and diary methods, <i>Home OnLine, 1998-2001</i> (HoL) (held at the UK Data Archive under SN 4607). Past research has suggested that the time diary method produces more accurate and reliable measures of time use than the survey approach. The diary approach, however, usually has a low response rate and is not practicable for a large-scale panel study like the BHPS. However, direct questioning in survey interviews is a relatively flexible approach to collecting time use data. The project therefore developed a method to combine the strengths of the survey approach and the diary method. The survey part of HoL shared the same questionnaire-derived time use predictor variables with the BHPS. Regression of the predictors on the time diary data in the HoL study was used to calibrate time use in the BHPS by multiplying the resulting regression coefficients with the same BHPS predictor variables. This produced a calibrated index of time use patterns based on BHPS questionnaire items. The calibrated time use variables cover all major categories of daily activities and are available in Wave 4 (1994) to Wave 14 (2004) of the BHPS.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The variables in the dataset cover time spent on employment, educational courses and associated travel, consumption and leisure, housework and other domestic concerns, sleep and personal care.

<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本项目针对1991-2009年开展的《英国家庭面板调查》（British Household Panel Survey，BHPS）校准了一组时间使用变量（详见BHPS系列网页：http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=200005）。校准过程采用了来自小规模面板调查《家庭在线》（Home OnLine，1998-2001，HoL）的证据，该调查通过调查法与日记法两种方式收集时间使用信息，并由英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）以系列号SN 4607存档。过往研究表明，时间日记法比调查法能更准确可靠地测量时间使用情况。然而，日记法通常应答率较低，对于BHPS这类大规模面板研究而言并不实用。相比之下，调查访谈中的直接提问法则是收集时间使用数据的一种相对灵活的方法。因此，本项目开发了一种融合调查法与日记法优势的方法。HoL的调查部分与BHPS共享相同的、源自问卷的时间使用预测变量。通过将HoL研究中时间日记数据的预测变量进行回归分析，得到回归系数后，再将其与BHPS的相同预测变量相乘，从而校准BHPS中的时间使用情况。这一过程基于BHPS问卷项目生成了时间使用模式的校准指数。校准后的时间使用变量涵盖日常活动的所有主要类别，可在BHPS的第4波（1994年）至第14波（2004年）数据中获取。<br><br><B>核心主题</B>：<BR><br>数据集中的变量涵盖以下活动所花费的时间：就业、教育课程及相关出行、消费与休闲、家务及其他家庭事务、睡眠与个人护理。