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Abstract #303869

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Activity Number:	386
Type:	Topic Contributed
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #303869
Title:	How Do the Elderly Spend Their Time?
Author(s):	Rachel Krantz-Kent*+ and Jay Stewart
Companies:	Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address:	2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20212, United States
Keywords:	time-use ; ATUS ; elderly
Abstract:	The population of the United States is aging rapidly. This combined with the trend toward earlier retirement has resulted in a dramatic increase in the retiree population over the past 40 or so years. Yet, we know little about how older individuals, especially retirees, spend their time because earlier time-use studies have limited data on older individuals. In this paper, we use 2003 data from the new American Time Use Survey to examine how older individuals---both working and nonworking---spend their time and compare the time spent in various activities to the time spent by younger individuals. We begin with a descriptive analysis of how older Americans spend their time on an average day. Next, we exploit the rich contextual information in the ATUS to examine social contact and isolation (time spent with others, time spent away from home, etc.) Finally, we examine how the timing of activities varies at different ages.

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