Linking the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and the Compendium of Physical Activities: Methods and Rationale | Zendy

Catrine TudorLocke | Zendy; Tracy L. Washington | Zendy; Barbara E. Ainsworth | Zendy; Richard P. Troiano | Zendy

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Linking the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and the Compendium of Physical Activities: Methods and Rationale

Author(s) -

Catrine TudorLocke,

Tracy L. Washington,

Barbara E. Ainsworth,

Richard P. Troiano

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of physical activity and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.787

H-Index - 73

eISSN - 1543-5474

pISSN - 1543-3080

DOI - 10.1123/jpah.6.3.347

Subject(s) - compendium , physical activity , health promotion , gerontology , metabolic equivalent , descriptive statistics , public health , promotion (chess) , medicine , psychology , environmental health , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , political science , geography , nursing , archaeology , politics , law

The 2003 Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey (ATUS) contains 438 distinct primary activity variables that can be analyzed with regard to how time is spent by Americans. The Compendium of Physical Activities is used to code physical activities derived from various surveys, logs, diaries, etc to facilitate comparison of coded intensity levels across studies.

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