提高美国时间使用调查的可用性:IPUMS ATUSUS
Kari C W Williams1, Sarah M Flood1, Liana C Sayer2
1IPUMS Center for Data Integration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
概括
IPUMS ATUS简化了美国时间使用调查 (ATUS) 数据,提供了协调的时间日记信息. 这通过提供可访问的工具来分析详细的活动和上下文数据来增强人类行为研究.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
背景情况:
- 美国时间使用调查 (ATUS) 收集详细的24小时时间日记数据,包括社会人口统计信息.
- 由于其复杂,层次结构,分析ATUS数据具有挑战性,需要先进的编程技能.
- 了解个人如何花费时间对于检查人类行为模式至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述IPUMS ATUS,这是ATUS数据的协调和增强版本.
- 为了简化研究人员使用时间日记数据.
- 为组合ATUS文件和创建定制变量用于时间使用分析提供工具.
主要方法:
- 美国时间使用调查 (ATUS) 数据的协调.
- 开发用于数据分析的定制工具.
- 通过IPUMS平台传播增强的ATUS数据集.
主要成果:
- IPUMS ATUS提供了一套统一的数据集,简化了对日记信息的访问.
- 研究人员现在可以更容易地将来自多个ATUS文件的数据结合起来.
- 定制工具有助于创建总结时间使用和上下文的变量.
结论:
- IPUMS ATUS显著降低了通过时间使用数据研究人类行为的研究人员的进入障碍.
- 统一的数据和工具可以对活动顺序和时间分配进行更复杂的分析.
- 这个资源扩大了人口层面研究人们如何花费时间的可能性.
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