What do time-use patterns tell us about the validity of self-reported health?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This short communication investigates the usefulness of time-use measures to validate subjective health measures such as self-reported health (SRH). It does this by examining time-use patterns and SRH among middle-age adults in the United States distinguished by race/ethnicity and with additional attention to differences in responses based on language of interview for Hispanics.

Methods

Data for this study come from the 2013-2016 American Time Use Survey. We calculated average time-use for personal care; housework; paid work; leisure; volunteering/travel; caregiving; and education for every racial/ethnic group differentiating by SRH for 27,063 adults aged 25-64 years. A series of ANOVAs were computed to assess differences in time-use by SRH.

Results

Non-Hisp

SUBMITTER: Faytong-Haro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339336 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature