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. 2023 Jan 9;21(2):519–565. doi: 10.1007/s11150-022-09642-6

Table 7.

Sample construction

Number of Observations
COVID Sample
2020–2021 ATUS sample 17,878
– Diary days prior to May 10, 2020 15,753
– Not married/cohabiting or living with a same-sex partner 8429
– Not employed 3996
– Age<21 & >65 3729
– Missing spouse’s occupation code (not employed in CPS) 3601
– Weekend days 1791
– Non-workday weekdays (hours of work<1) 1507
– No children under the age of 18 892
– Living only with teens aged 13–17 728
Dual-earner couples with children under age 13 on weekday workdays 728
Dual-earner couples with no children under age 18 on weekday workdays 611
Pre-COVID Sample
2015–2019, Jan–Feb 2020 ATUS sample 52,258
– Not married/cohabiting or living with a same-sex partner 26,815
– Not employed 13,784
– Age<21 & >65 12,825
– Weekend days 6352
– Non-workday weekdays (hours of work<1) 5331
– No children under the age of 18 3477
– Living only with teens aged 13–17 2842
Dual-earner couples with children under age 13 on weekday workdays 2842
Dual-earner couples with no children under age 18 on weekday workdays 1854