An assessment of alternative measures of time use
An assessment of alternative measures of time use
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10.1111/j.0081-1750.2003.t01-1-00126.x
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2003-01-01
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Stafford, FP
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Juster, FT;Ono, H;Stafford, FP
虽然时间利用作为资源分配和群体间社会关系的指标受到了社会科学家的广泛关注，但只有少数研究仔细评估了现有测量时间利用的方法的相对优势和弱点：时间日记（TD）、程式化(S)受访者报告和经验抽样法（ESM）。我们注意到，不同程度的偏差部分源于三种方法收集的信息的细节程度。利用我们对这些方法结构的分析结果，我们假设，与之前报道的常见发现相比，TD提供的关于时间使用的偏差信息比s少，即(a)当劳动力市场工人报告他们在劳动力市场工作上花费的时间时，(b)当研究时间的历史趋势而不是绝对水平时，存在经验例外。实证结果证实了我们的预测，并表明，在定期工作的个体中，同一个人报告的劳动力市场工作时间的TD和S估计彼此密切对应。此外，在评估历史趋势时，TD和S值彼此密切对应，尽管即使样本和代码被仔细标准化，TD也会产生一些无法解释的偏离趋势的偏差。我们还提供了在不同历史或国家背景下不同的杉木日记代码标准化策略的注释。
Although time use has received much attention by social scientists as an index of resource allocation and social relations across groups, only a few studies have carefully assessed the relative strengths and weaknesses of the existing methods of measuring time use: time diary (TD), stylized (S) respondent report, and experiential sampling method (ESM). We note the varying degree of biases that arise in part from the extent of detail in the information collected by the three methods. Using findings from our analysis of the structure of these methods, we hypothesize that there are empirical exceptions to previously reported common findings that TD provides less biased information on time use than does S-namely (a) when labor market workers report their time spent on labor market work, and (b) when the historical trend in time, rather than the absolute level, is studied. Empirical results confirm our prediction and show that, among individuals who work regularly, TD and S estimates of labor market work hours reported by the same persons correspond closely to one another. In addition, when assessing historical trends, TD, and S values correspond closely to one another, although TDs yield some inexplicable deviations from the trend even when the sample and the codes are carefully standardized. We also provide notes on a strategy of standardization fir diary codes that are distinct across historical or national contexts.