National Couples’ Health and Time Study Wave 1 - Time Diary - English

Sep 17, 2026

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National Couples’ Health and Time Study Wave 1 Time Diary (English) collects detailed day-to-day time use over a 24-hour period from 4 am to 4 am, with reminders to enter activities at 4-hour intervals. Respondents log each activity with start and end times, then provide follow-up details on concurrent activities, location, and who is involved. The diary also gathers household composition using initials, relationship types, and confirmation steps, followed by gender and age categories for household members.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time35 min

AccessFree to download

Directions

Activity logging schedule

Household member identification

Household confirmation

Relationship, gender, and age questions

Time diary questions (start at 4 am)

National Couples’ Health and Time Study Wave 1 Time Diary (English) Dir Directions: For the next 24 hours, we’d like you to keep a detailed record of how you spend your time. You will be reporting everything you’ve done from 4 am on to 4 am on . You can login to the survey as many times as you want to enter your activities, but we’ll remind you every 4 hours to enter your activities. ---------------- ----------------------------------------------- NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- Intro We’ll ask you to enter each activity you did during the day, and the time you started and ended that activity. Then we'll ask a few more questions about each activity you did, like: • were you doing anything else; • where you were; • who was doing the activity with you, • who else was there; • and some follow-up questions. ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- Q80 First, we will ask you about all members of your household who live there most of the time. We will ask you to use initials (first letter of their first name and first letter of their last name) to identify members of your household. If two or more members of your household have the same first and last initial, indicate the difference between them by also using their middle initials or by numbering them 1, 2, etc. For example, if two members of their household have AB as their initials, you could label them ACB (if their middle name begins with C) and ADB (if their middle name begins with D) or AB1 and AB2 . Q100 Including yourself, how many people live in your household? a. 1 [SKIP Q ConfHH] b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. 6 g. 7 h. 8 i. 9 j. 10 k. 11 l. 12 m. 13 n. 14 o. 15 or more ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- CONFQ100 You said there are people, including yourself, living in your household. Is this correct? PROGRAMMER: FORCE RESPONSE a. Yes b. No [RETURN TO Q80] ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- Q100A What are your initials? HH1-14 [FOR NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS MINUS ONE (Q100-1)] What are the initials for household member \# <2-15>? ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- HHi1-14 [FOR NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS MINUS ONE (Q100-1)] Which of the following best describes your relationship with [INSERT INITIALS FROM HH1-14]? a. My spouse/wife/husband b. My partner/boyfriend/girlfriend c. My biological child d. My adopted child e. My spouse/partner’s child f. My non-biological child g. My foster child h. My grandchild i. My parent j. My stepparent My spouse/partner’s parent k. My sibling l. My spouse/partner’s sibling m. My other family member or relative n. My spouse/partner’s other family member or relative o. Friend (no family relation) p. Roommate (no relation) q. Other ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- ConfHH Are the following relationships correct? Select those that may need to be updated. a. [FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD MEMBER] - b. All household members are recorded correctly [IF NONE SELECTED, SKIP TO Q1] ---------------------------------------------------------------NEW SCREEN-------------------------------------------------------------- [FOR EACH SELECTION FROM ConfHH] REHHI You entered: - Please reenter the initials of this household member. Re-EnterHHR2 Which of the following best describes your relations

FAQs

What time window does the diary cover?

The diary requests a detailed record of time use from 4 am on to 4 am on .

How do you identify household members?

Use initials based on the first letter of each person’s first and last name; if initials match, use middle initials or numbering (e.g., AB1/AB2).

What information is collected for each activity?

For each activity, provide the start and end time, then answer follow-up questions about whether you were doing anything else, where you were, and who you were doing the activity with (plus additional follow-ups).

Sep 17, 2026

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