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 |