Category Description

This category captures time the respondent spend in reading, using media, and computers. This includes reading books (1056), listening to music or other audio content (1057), listening to radio (1058), watch TV, video, DVD, streamed film (1059), computer games (1060), as well as e-mail, surf internet, and computing (1061).

• 1056 READ

  Category Description

  This comprises of time reading books.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, uk1983, uk1987, uk2000, sp2009 fr1985, fr1998: These samples include time reading books, periodicals, and newspapers. The uk1983 and uk1987 samples also include reading letters.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005, uk1995, at1992: Time spent reading books, daily newspaper, some other newspaper, news magazine, foreign newspaper, door-to-door free magazines, free advertisement brochures, and magazines is included.
  
  sp2002: This includes time spent in unspecified reading, unspecified reading press, reading newspapers, reading magazines, reading books and other specified readings.
  
  uk1995, uk2005: This is specified generally as time spent reading.
  
  fi1979: This is time spent reading newspapers, magazines / journals, books, or unspecified reading. Additionally, it includes time if location is not work outside home and secondary activity is reading and primary activity is unspecified time use.
  
  ca2010: This is time spent reading books, magazines, pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, newspapers, personal mail (flyers and advertisement). These activities can be done with an actual paper copy or online.

• 1057 LISTEN TO MUSIC OR OTHER AUDIO CONTENT

  Category Description

  This comprises of time listening to music in various medium such as music, CD, and so on.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012, fr1985, fr1998: This comprises of time listening to music in various medium.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005, uk1975, uk1983, at1992, fi1979, ca2010: Time spent playing CDs, record and tapes/cassettes are included for these samples. The nl2005 further specifies listening via computer (no internet) as well as portable players as mp3-sellers, ipod, mini-disc and so on.
  
  uk2000, sp2002, sp2009: This is time spent on unspecified listening to radio and music and listening to recordings.
  
  uk1995, uk2005: This activity is not available for this sample.

• 1058 LISTEN TO RADIO

  Category Description

  This activity includes time spent listening to radio.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012, uk1983, uk1987, sp2002, sp2009, at1992, fr1985, fr1998, fi1979, ca2010: This is simply specified as time spent listening to the radio.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: This is time listening to radio (unspecified), national public broadcaster, local/regional channels, commercial channels, sundry channels as well as channel unknown. The nl2005 sample further includes listening to the radio via internet.
  
  uk1975: Time spent on radio - not known if with other activities, listening to radio only, listening to radio + 1 other activity and listening to radio + 2 other activities.
  
  uk2000: The activity is defined as unspecified listening to radio, listening to music on the radio, listening to sport on the radio and other specified radio listening.
  
  uk2005: Activity listening to the radio is not available for this sample.

• 1059 WATCH TV, VIDEO, DVD, STREAMED FILM

  Category Description

  This comprises of time watching TV and videos.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, uk1983, at1992, fr1985, fr1998: This consists of time watching TV and videos.
  
  uk1995, us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012, fi1979: This is time watching television.
  
  uk1975: The sample specifies this activity as time watching TV, not know if with other activities , watching TV only, watching TV + 1 other activity, watching TV + 2 other activities and unspecified second activity with radio or TV.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: Watching TV (unspecified), watching TV national broadcaster, watching commercial channels, regional channel, sundry channels, channel unknown, TV video, TV teletext and TV cable news are included. The nl2005 sample also specifies time watching film with computer (no internet) and watching film/video by internet.
  
  sp2002: Watching TV, video, DVD, unspecified mass media, watching unspecified television or video, watching television and watching video are included in this activity.
  
  sp2009, ca2010: Watching television, watching video or other recorded material and other visual media are included in this activity.

• 1060 COMPUTER GAMES

  Category Description

  This is time playing computer games.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012, uk1975, uk1995, uk2005, nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, fr1985, fi1979: This activity not available in this time period.
  
  uk1983, uk1987, uk2000, sp2002, sp2009, at1992, fr1998, ca2010: This is time playing video/computer games.
  
  nl1995, nl2000: Time spent using a computer is specified here.
  
  nl2005: This time comprises of using the computer (games), internet (games) and playing games (mobile).

• 1061 E-MAIL, SURF INTERNET, COMPUTING

  Category Description

  This captures time using a computer for various activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, uk1975, uk1995, nl1975, nl1980, fr1998, fi1979: This activity is not available in this time period.
  
  uk1983, nl1985, fr1985: This is time in computer activities (educational, programming).
  
  uk1987: Time spent writing on word processor for this sample.
  
  uk2000: For this sample, this activity comprises of computing-programming, unspecified computing for information, internet search, other information by computer, unspecified communication by computing, communication on the internet, other specified communication by computer, unspecified other computing, unspecified internet use and other specified computing.
  
  uk2005: This is time using computer as well as time during other activities when there is computer usage.
  
  sp2002: The following comprises this activity: computing-programming, information search, unspecified information with computer, electronic mail, chatting by Internet, other communications with computer, other computing hobbies, mobile phone information, unspecified mobile phone communication, messages with mobile phone, other communications with mobile phone, and reading press by internet.
  
  sp2009: For this sample, the activity includes time in programming and data processing, looking for information on-line, e-mail etc., and other or unspecified computing.
  
  us1993, us1995, us1998, us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012: This is time spent using computer.
  
  at1992: This is considered time spent using a computer a hobby (not games).
  
  fr1985: This includes Exchanges by Minitel, amateur radio, and Domestic micro-informatics.
  
  ca2010: This is time using a computer, using Email, participating in chat groups, participating in social network sites (Facebook, MySpace), participating in other Internet communication, and downloading/ripping music/movies to computer.