An Empirical Investigation into the Time-Use and Activity Patterns of Dual-Earner Couples With and Without Young Children

This proposal examines the time-use patterns of adults in dual-earner households with and without children as a function of several individual and household socio-demographics and employment characteristics. A disaggregate activity purpose classification including both in-home and out-of-home activity pursuits will be used because of the travel demand relevance of out-of-home pursuits, as well as to examine both mobility-related and general time-use related social exclusion and time poverty issues. The study uses the Nested Multiple Discrete Continuous Extreme Value (MDCNEV) model, which recognizes that time-decisions entail the choice of participating in one or more activity purposes along with the amount of time to invest in each chosen activity purpose, and allows generic correlation structures to account for common unobserved factors that might impact the choice of multiple alternatives. The 2010 American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data is used for the empirical analysis.

• Record URL:
  http://ctr.utexas.edu/research/d-stop/research/projects/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $20000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC58

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Bhat, Chandra

• Performing Organizations:

  Data-Supported Transportation Operations and Planning Center

  University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, TX  United States  78701
• Principal Investigators:

  Bhat, Chandra

• Start Date: 20140301
• Expected Completion Date: 20150930
• Actual Completion Date: 20150930
• Source Data: 112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Demographics; Employment; Households; Income; Mobility; Multivariate analysis; Parents; Social factors; Travel demand; Travel patterns
• Identifier Terms: American Time Use Survey
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01580148
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Data-Supported Transportation Operations and Planning Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC58
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 29 2015 12:02PM