Analysis of Changes in Time Use and Activity Participation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for Well-Being
Analysis of Changes in Time Use and Activity Participation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for Well-Being
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DOI：
10.1177/03611981231165020
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发表时间：
2023-04-22
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Pendyala, Ram M.
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作者：
Batur, Irfan;Dirks, Abbie C.;Pendyala, Ram M.
本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行带来的活动旅行和时间使用模式变化对福祉的影响。该研究使用 2019 年和 2020 年的美国时间使用调查 (ATUS) 数据来评估活动旅行和时间使用模式的变化。它采用两种方法——幸福感评分法和时间贫困分析法——来评估这些变化对社会的影响。结果显示，即使个人的时间匮乏统计数据有所改善，但在大流行期间，个人的幸福感却下降了。这是因为大流行不允许个人以增进福祉的方式开展活动。一般来说，幸福感与在受青睐的户外地点与其他人一起进行自主活动呈正相关。这解释了为什么人们在后疫情时代迅速再次接受旅行。同时，人们渴望更多的自由支配时间（更少的时间贫困）；由于通勤的消除导致了这种情况，工人们不愿意完全返回工作场所。规划过程需要考虑到一种新常态，其中活动旅行模式将越来越多地受到人类积累积极生活体验的愿望的影响。
This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data from 2019 and 2020 to assess changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns. It applies two methods-a well-being scoring method and a time-poverty analysis method-to evaluate the impacts of these changes on society. The results show that individuals experienced diminished well-being during the pandemic even when their time-poverty statistics showed an improvement; this is because the pandemic did not allow individuals to pursue activities in a way that would enhance well-being. In general, well-being is positively associated with the pursuit of discretionary activities in the company of others in favored out-of-home locations. This explains why people have rapidly embraced traveling again in a post-pandemic era. At the same time, people desire more discretionary time (less time poverty); because the elimination of the commute contributes to this, workers are reluctant to return fully to the workplace. Planning processes need to account for a new normal in which activity-travel patterns will be increasingly shaped by the human desire to accumulate positive life experiences.