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TimeUse+ Data
Description
TimeUse+ (Winkler et al. 2024) was a tracking study conducted at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT) at ETH Zurich. The data allows researchers to investigate time-use and mobility patterns. Full data access can be requested via doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000634868.
Usage
timeuse_data
Format
Data frame with numeric and factor columns
- id
Respondent ID
- start_tracking
Indicator for the months when the participant started tracking
- weekly_km
Weekly distance covered (in km) across all modes
- log_weekly_km
Log of
weekly_km
- wfh_days
Based on tracked work episodes. Average full working days spent in home office during a typical week.
- wfh
Derived from
wfh_days
: NTW=Non-TWer, NUTW=Non-usual TWer (< 3 days/week), UTW=Usual TWer(3+ days/week)- commute_km
Map matched commute distance in km
- log_commute_km
Log of
commute_km
- age
Age
- car_access
Has access to a household car
- dogs
Household owns dogs
- driverlicense
Owns driver's license for cars
- educ_higher
Higher education (e.g., university)
- fixed_workplace
Main work location does not change regularly
- grocery_shopper
Does usually do the grocery shopping
- hh_income
Gross household income per month (CHF)
- hh_size
Total household size
- isco_clerical
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Clerical support workers
- isco_craft
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Craft related trade workers
- isco_elementary
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Elementary occupations
- isco_managers
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Managers
- isco_plant
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
- isco_professionals
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Professionals
- isco_service
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Service and sales workers
- isco_agri
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
- isco_tech
International standard classification of Occupations (ISCO-08): Technicians and associate professionals
- married
Married
- n_children
Number of household members below the age of 18
- freq_onl_order
Orders products online more than once a month
- parking_home
Has at least one reserved parking space at home
- parking_work
Has at least one reserved parking space at work location
- permanent_employment
Employment contract type: permenent (unlimited employed)
- rents_home
Residential situation: Rents home
- res_loc
Residential location
- sex_male
Gender
- shift_work
Whether participant works in shifts
- swiss
Swiss citizen
- vacation
Participant took time off of work during study
- workload
Workload (% of full-time employment which is 41.7 h/week)
- young_kids
Whether children aged 12 or younger live in the household
Details
The data comprises employed individuals only and is based on valid days only. A valid day has at least 20h of information where 70% of the events were validated by the user. The telework variables are based on tracked work activities.
References
Winkler C, Meister A, Axhausen KW (2024). “The TimeUse+ Data Set: 4 Weeks of Time Use and Expenditure Data Based on GPS Tracks.” Transportation, 1–27. doi:10.1007/s11116-024-10517-1.