American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 2004

The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects information on how people living in the United States spend their time. Estimates show the kinds of activities people engage in and the time they spend involved in these activities by age, sex, educational attainment, labor force status, and other characteristics, as well as by weekday and weekend day. Data about the quality of life in the United States include how much time people spend working, sleeping, caring for children, volunteering, participating in religious activities, commuting, or relaxing, as well as with whom they spend their time. The ATUS sample is drawn from households that have completed their final month of interviews for the Current Population Survey, the federal survey that is the source of the nation's unemployment rate.

美国时间使用调查（American Time Use Survey）收集了美国民众的时间支配相关信息。其统计结果可呈现不同年龄、性别、受教育程度、劳动力状况及其他人口特征下，民众参与的各类活动类型，以及在各活动上的耗时情况，同时支持按工作日与周末进行分组统计。本次调查涵盖的美国民众生活质量相关数据，包含民众在工作、睡眠、照料子女、志愿服务、宗教活动、通勤或休闲等活动上的花费时长，以及其陪伴社交对象的相关信息。该调查的样本来源于已完成当前人口调查（Current Population Survey）最后一轮访谈的家庭；当前人口调查作为美国联邦层面的官方调查项目，是全国失业率统计数据的核心来源。