Table 1.
MTUS: N of diary days for historical cross-national comparative research on time use patterns
| Country | 1961–6 | 1971–5 | 1979–81 | 1983–7 | 1989–92 | 1995–99 | 1999–04 | 2005–09 | 2010–15 | Country Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 25,233 | 25,233 | ||||||||
| Australia | 1491 | 3181 | 13,806 | 14,315 | 13,617 | 46,410 | ||||
| Belgium | 2085 | 2085 | ||||||||
| Bulgaria | 2096 | 2096 | ||||||||
| Canada | 2138 | 8727 | 9618 | 25,233 | 10,726 | 19,597 | 15,390 | 91,429 | ||
| Czech Rep | 2211 | 2211 | ||||||||
| Germany | 5078 | 25,812 | 35,813 | 66,703 | ||||||
| Denmark | 4174 | 3561 | 6617 | 14,352 | ||||||
| Spain | 51,813 | 19,295 | 71,108 | |||||||
| Finland | 12,038 | 15,184 | 10,074 | 7480 | 44,776 | |||||
| France | 2791 | 4634 | 15,441 | 27,903 | 50,769 | |||||
| Hungary | 8391 | 8391 | ||||||||
| Israel | 4843 | 4843 | ||||||||
| Italy | 2118 | 38,110 | 51,206 | 40,940 | 132,374 | |||||
| S Korea | 85,906 | 40,526 | 126,432 | |||||||
| Neth’lnd | 9163 | 19,110 | 22,841 | 23,905 | 22,589 | 12,691 | 15,428 | 125,727 | ||
| Norway | 6516 | 6066 | 6129 | 7669 | 26,380 | |||||
| Peru | 777 | 777 | ||||||||
| Poland | 2740 | 40,292 | 76,656 | 119,688 | ||||||
| Serbia | 1993 | 1993 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 7065 | 7727 | 14,792 | |||||||
| Slovenia | 2120 | 12,276 | 14,396 | |||||||
| UK | 9292 | 20,252 | 16,316 | 20,982 | 13,538 | 80,380 | ||||
| US | 2017 | 7088 | 3339 | 34,693 | 64,085 | 38,182 | 149,404 | |||
| S Africa | 14,302 | 14,302 | ||||||||
| Year totals | 37,374 | 51,282 | 48,059 | 74,040 | 170,136 | 159,051 | 296,081 | 257,262 | 143,766 | 1,237,051 |
MTUS multinational time use survey, Czech Rep Czech Republic, S Korea South Korea, Neth’lnd Netherlands, UK United Kingdom, US United States, S Africa South Africa