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American Time Use Survey Well‐Being Module Microdata Files

This page includes links to the 2012 ATUS Well-Being (WB) Module microdata files and supporting documentation. Researchers can use the WB Module microdata files to produce their own estimates or do other analyses. Each ZIP file contains a data file along with computer programs that will read the data file into SAS, SPSS, and Stata. The data files are in CSV-format (comma-separated values). The microdata files do not contain estimates.

For more information about ATUS Modules, please see the ATUS Modules page.

About ATUS Data

ATUS WB Module Data Dictionary

ATUS Well-Being Module Data Dictionary (PDF) Describes the WB Respondent and WB Activity files, and includes names and descriptions of the variables appearing on these files.

2012 ATUS WB Module Data Files

NEW:ATUS 2012 WB Respondent file (zip) (0.2 MB) The WB Respondent file contains information about WB respondents, including general health information and WB Module respondent-level statistical weights.
NEW: ATUS 2012 WB Activity file (zip) (0.8 MB) The WB Activity file includes the activity-level information collected in the WB Module, including activity number, and information about how the respondent felt during the selected activities.
NEW:ATUS 2012 WB Respondent Replicate Weights file (zip) (13 MB) The WB Respondent Replicate weights file contains respondent-level replicate weights.
NEW: ATUS 2012 WB Activity Replicate Weights file (zip) (71 MB) The WB Activity Replicate weights file contains activity-level replicate weights.

NOTE: There was an error in the activity selection process for the 2010 and 2012 Well-Being Modules to the ATUS. Read More

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Last Modified Date: December 7, 2017