Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to examine the relationship between work, home and leisure in order to explain changes in family patterns; to provide demographic, social/behavioural and economic data for the analysis of family life.

The purpose of this survey was to provide additional information to the main study (SN:001) in the form of diaries kept by respondents of the main sample who were married and between the ages of 30 and 49. respondents were asked to make a time budget study for the two days of the weekend and one weekday and to keep a log of activities done outside the home on the other 4 evenings of the week. The main interest was in the day-to-day life patterns of men and women in middle life and particularly housewives.

No sampling (total universe)

Diaries