One individual age 15 or older who is randomly selected from each sampled household to participate in the American Time Use Survey. The designated person is interviewed by telephone once about only hi [..]

This term refers to the average number of hours spent in a 24-hour day (between 4 a.m. on the diary day and 4 a.m. on the interview day) doing a specified activity.

The average number of hours per day is computed using all responses from a given population, including respondents who did not do a particular activity on their diary day.

The average number of hours per day is computed using only responses from those who engaged in a particular activity on their diary day.

Unemployed persons who quit or otherwise terminated their employment voluntarily and immediately began looking for work.

A primary activity is the main activity a respondent was doing at a specified time. Most published time use estimates reflect time spent in primary activities only.

The ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment. Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week worked less than 35 hours du [..]

A term used to describe a policy that pays additional benefits to the beneficiary if the cause of death is due to a non-work-related accident. Fractional amounts of the policy will be paid out if the [..]

Illnesses other than skin diseases or disorders, respiratory conditions, or poisoning. Examples include anthrax, brucellosis, infectious hepatitis, malignant and benign tumors, food poisoning, histopl [..]

BLS has collected data for workers in four types of alternative employment arrangements: 1) independent contractors, 2) on-call workers, 3) temporary help agency workers, and 4) workers provided by co [..]