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. 2020 Jul 30;12(8):2280. doi: 10.3390/nu12082280

Table A1.

UKTUS activity codes attributed to compositional parts.

Activity Code Compositional Part
0 Unspecified personal care Personal care
110 Sleep Sleep
111 Sleep: in bed not asleep Sleep (unless secondary activity, e.g., reading, watching television in which case coded to the relevant component)
120 Sleep: Sick in bed
210 Eating Eating
300 Other personal care: unspecified other personal care Personal care
310 Other personal care: wash and dress
390 Other personal care: other specified personal care
1000 Unspecified employment Work
1100 Main job: unspecified main job
1110 Main job: working time in main job
1120 Main job: coffee and other breaks in main job
1200 Second job: unspecified second job
1210 Second job: working time in second job
1220 Second job: coffee and other breaks in second job
1300 Activities related to employment: unspecified activities related to employment
1310 Activities related to employment: lunch break
1390 Activities related to employment: other specified activities related to employment
1391 Activities related to employment: activities related to job seeking
1399 Activities related to employment: other specified activities related to employment
2000 Study: unspecified study school or university
2100 Study: unspecified activities related to school or university Work
2110 Study: classes and lectures
2120 Study: homework
2190 Study: other specified activities related to school or university
2210 Free time study
3000 Unspecified household and family care
3100 Unspecified food management
3110 Food preparation and baking
3130 Dish washing
3140 Preserving
3190 Other specified food management
3200 Unspecified household upkeep
3210 Cleaning dwelling
3220 Cleaning yard
3230 Heating and water
3240 Arranging household goods and materials
3250 Disposal of waste
3290 Other or unspecified household upkeep
3300 Unspecified making and care for textiles
3310 Laundry
3320 Ironing
3330 Handicraft and producing textiles
3390 Other specified making and care for textiles
3410 Gardening
3420 Tending domestic animals
3430 Caring for pets
3440 Walking the dog
3490 Other specified gardening and pet care
3500 Unspecified construction and repairs
3510 House construction and renovation
3520 Repairs of dwelling
3530 Making repairing and maintaining equipment
3531 Woodcraft, metalcraft, sculpture, and pottery
3539 Other specified making, repairing, and maintaining equipment
3540 Vehicle maintenance
3590 Other specified construction and repairs
3600 Unspecified shopping and services
3610 Unspecified shopping
3611 Shopping mainly for food
3612 Shopping mainly for clothing
3613 Shopping mainly related to accommodation
3614 Shopping or browsing at car boot sales or antique fairs Socialising and hobbies
3615 Window shopping or other shopping as leisure Socialising and hobbies
3619 Other specified shopping Work
3620 Commercial and administrative services
3630 Personal services
3690 Other specified shopping and services
3710 Household management not using the internet
3713 Shopping for and ordering clothing via the internet
3720 Unspecified household management using the internet
3721 Shopping for and ordering unspecified goods and services via the internet
3722 Shopping for and ordering food via the internet
3724 Shopping for and ordering goods and services related to accommodation via the internet
3725 Shopping for and ordering mass media via the internet Leisure screen time
3726 Shopping for and ordering entertainment via the internet
3727 Banking and bill paying via the internet Work
3729 Other specified household management using the internet
3800 Unspecified childcare
3810 Unspecified physical care and supervision of a child
3811 Feeding the child
3819 Other and unspecified physical care and supervision of a child
3820 Teaching the child
3830 Reading playing and talking with child
3840 Accompanying child
3890 Other or unspecified childcare
3910 Unspecified help to a non-dependent, e.g., injured adult household member
3911 Physical care of a non-dependent, e.g., injured adult household member
3914 Accompanying a non-dependent adult household member, e.g., to hospital
3919 Other specified help to a non-dependent adult household member
3920 Unspecified help to a dependent adult household member
3921 Physical care of a dependent adult household member, e.g., Alzheimic parent
3924 Accompanying a dependent adult household member, e.g., Alzheimic
3929 Other specified help to a dependent adult household member Work
4000 Unspecified volunteer work and meetings Socialising and hobbies
4100 Unspecified organisational work
4110 Work for an organisation
4120 Volunteer work through an organisation
4190 Other specified organisational work
4200 Unspecified informal help to other households Work
4210 Food management as help to other households
4220 Household upkeep as help to other households
4230 Gardening and pet care as help to other households
4240 Construction and repairs as help to other households
4250 Shopping and services as help to other households
4260 Help to other households in employment and farming
4270 Unspecified childcare as help to other households
4271 Physical care and supervision of child as help to another household
4272 Teaching non-co-resident child
4273 Reading playing and talking to non-co-resident child
4274 Accompanying non-co-resident child
4275 Physical care and supervision of own child as help to another household
4276 Teaching own non-co-resident child
4277 Reading playing and talking to own non-co-resident child
4278 Accompanying own non-co-resident child
4279 Other specified childcare as help to another household
4280 Unspecified help to an adult of another household
4281 Physical care and supervision of an adult as help to another household
4282 Accompanying an adult as help to another household
4283 Other specified help to an adult member of another household
4289 Other specified informal help to another household
4290 Other specified informal help
4300 Unspecified participatory activities Socialising and hobbies
4310 Meetings
4320 Religious activities
4390 Other specified participatory activities Socialising and hobbies
5000 Unspecified social life and entertainment
5100 Unspecified social life
5110 Socialising with family
5120 Visiting and receiving visitors
5130 Celebrations
5140 Telephone conversation
5190 Other specified social life
5200 Unspecified entertainment and culture
5210 Cinema
5220 Unspecified theatre or concerts
5221 Plays musicals or pantomimes
5222 Opera operetta or light opera
5223 Concerts or other performances of classical music
5224 Live music other than classical concerts opera and musicals
5225 Dance performances
5229 Other specified theatre or concerts
5230 Art exhibitions and museums
5240 Unspecified library
5241 Borrowing books records audiotapes videotapes CDs, DVDs etc. from a library
5242 Reference to books and other library materials within a library
5243 Using internet in the library Leisure screen time
5244 Using computers in the library other than internet use Socialising and hobbies
5245 Reading newspapers in a library
5246 Listening to music in a library
5249 Other specified library activities
5250 Sports events
5290 Unspecified entertainment and culture
5291 Visiting a historical site
5292 Visiting a wildlife site
5293 Visiting a botanical site
5294 Visiting a leisure park
5295 Visiting an urban park playground designated play area Physical activity
5299 Other or unspecified entertainment or culture Socialising and hobbies
5310 Resting—Time out Sleep
6000 Unspecified sports and outdoor activities Physical activity
6100 Unspecified physical exercise
6110 Walking and hiking
6111 Taking a walk or hike that lasts at least 2 miles or 1 h
6119 Other walk or hike
6120 Jogging and running
6130 Biking skiing and skating
6131 Biking
6132 Skiing or skating Physical activity
6140 Unspecified ball games
6141 Indoor pairs or doubles games
6142 Indoor team games
6143 Outdoor pairs or doubles games
6144 Outdoor team games
6149 Other specified ball games
6150 Gymnastics
6160 Fitness
6170 Unspecified water sports
6171 Swimming
6179 Other specified water sports
6190 Other specified physical exercise
6200 Unspecified productive exercise
6210 Hunting and fishing
6220 Picking berries mushroom and herbs
6290 Other specified productive exercise
6310 Unspecified sports related activities
6311 Activities related to sports
6312 Activities related to productive exercise
7000 Unspecified hobbies games and computing Leisure screen time
7100 Unspecified arts Socialising and hobbies
7110 Unspecified visual arts
7111 Painting drawing or other graphic arts
7112 Making videos taking photographs or related photographic activities
7119 Other specified visual arts
7120 Unspecified performing arts
7121 Singing or other musical activities
7129 Other specified performing arts
7130 Literary arts
7140 Other specified arts
7150 Unspecified hobbies
7160 Collecting
7170 Correspondence
7190 Other specified or unspecified arts and hobbies
7220 Computing: programming Leisure screen time
7230 Unspecified information by computing
7231 Information searching on the internet
7239 Other specified information by computing
7240 Unspecified communication by computer
7241 Communication on the internet
7249 Other specified communication by computing
7250 Unspecified other computing
7251 Skype or another video call Socialising and hobbies
7259 Other specified computing Leisure screen time
7300 Unspecified games Physical activity
7310 Solo games and play
7320 Unspecified games and play with others
7321 Billiards pool snooker or petanque Physical activity
7322 Chess and bridge
7329 Other specified parlour games and play
7330 Computer games Leisure screen time
7340 Gambling Socialising and hobbies
7390 Other specified games
8000 Unspecified mass media
8100 Unspecified reading
8110 Reading periodicals
8120 Reading books
8190 Other specified reading
8210 Unspecified TV video or DVD watching Leisure screen time
8211 Watching a film on TV
8212 Watching sport on TV
8219 Other specified TV watching
8220 Unspecified video watching
8221 Watching a film on video
8222 Watching sport on video
8229 Other specified video watching
8300 Unspecified listening to radio and music Socialising and hobbies
8310 Unspecified radio listening
8311 Listening to music on the radio
8312 Listening to sport on the radio
8319 Other specified radio listening
8320 Listening to recordings
9000 Travel related to unspecified time use Work Unless travelling by foot or bicycle, in which case time was coded to physical activity
9010 Travel related to personal business
9100 Travel to/from work
9110 Travel in the course of work
9120 Travel to work from home and back only
9130 Travel to work from a place other than home
9210 Travel related to education
9230 Travel escorting to/from education
9310 Travel related to household care
9360 Travel related to shopping
9370 Travel related to services
9380 Travel escorting a child other than education
9390 Travel escorting an adult other than education
9400 Travel related to organisational work Physical activity
9410 Travel related to voluntary work and meetings
9420 Travel related to informal help to other households
9430 Travel related to religious activities
9440 Travel related to participatory activities other than religious activities
9500 Travel to visit friends/relatives in their homes not respondent’s household
9510 Travel related to other social activities Physical activity Unless travelling by foot or bicycle, in which case time was coded to physical activity
9520 Travel related to entertainment and culture
9600 Travel related to other leisure
9610 Travel related to physical exercise
9620 Travel related to hunting and fishing
9630 Travel related to productive exercise other than hunting and fishing
9710 Travel related to gambling Socialising and hobbies
9720 Travel related to hobbies other than gambling
9800 Travel related to changing locality
9810 Travel to holiday base
9820 Travel for day trip/just walk
9890 Other specified travel Work
9940 Punctuating activity Work
9950 Filling in the time-use diary