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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 1581 Use of Time in Great Britain, 1961 158110.5255/UKDA-SN-1581-1 British Broadcasting Corporation University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit No information recorded British Broadcasting CorporationEconomic and Social Research Council UK Data Service 01 January 1981 AGEATTITUDESBUILDING MAINTENANCECHILD CARECOMMUNITY BEHAVIOURCOOKINGCULTURAL PARTICIPATIONFOOD AND NUTRITIONEDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCEENTERTAINMENTEVERYDAY LIFEFAMILIESGENDERHEALTH CONSULTATIONSHOUSEWORKINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONLEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESLETTER WRITINGLISTENINGRADIO LISTENINGMEDICAL CAREMUSICNEWSPAPER READERSHIPOCCUPATIONSPERSONAL HYGIENERADIO RECEIVERSREADING (ACTIVITY)RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCESCHOOL-LEAVING AGESHOPPINGSLEEPSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSTELEVISION RECEIVERSTELEVISION VIEWINGTIME BUDGETSTRAVELVISITS (PERSONAL)HOURS OF WORK Society and cultureMediaTime use <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>This study is a survey of the time use of the adult population of Great Britain, undertaken in April 1961. The original time diaries have been recoded in a way that enables comparisons with the 1966 multi-national study.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 2024</span>:</p><p>SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited text formats have been created from the original .dat files. The structure described in the User Guide has been maintained, but the .dat files are not available. Due to the age of the study, these data should be analysed with caution.<br></p><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>Variables:<br> Respondents kept diaries for a whole week (Sunday-Saturday), entering their main activity for each half-hour between 6.30 a.m. and midnight. Information was collected on respondent's age, sex, social grade, school-leaving age, occupation, family type and radio and TV ownership. The respondents' activities have been classified into over 100 activity codes, with additional allowance being made for the location of the activities (at home or away from home) and for viewing and listening secondary activities. April 196101 April 1961 Great Britain IndividualsFamilies/householdsNational Adults (15 years and over, not in full-time education) in Great Britain, excluding people living in institutions and people possessing neither a radio nor a TV set. Numeric Cross-sectional (one-time) study One-stage stratified or systematic random sample Diaries <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> Gershuny, J., Social change and the use of time BBC (1965) 'The people's activities', BBC Gershuny, J. (1980) 'Changing patterns of time use', [Research report], SPRU. https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 1581 2024-11-28T07:21:06Z ddi:codebook:2_5