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Table 1 MTUS: N of diary days for historical cross-national comparative research on time use patterns

From: A short history of time use research; implications for public health

Country

1961–6

1971–5

1979–81

1983–7

1989–92

1995–99

1999–04

2005–09

2010–15

Country Totals

 Austria

    

25,233

    

25,233

 Australia

 

1491

 

3181

13,806

14,315

 

13,617

 

46,410

 Belgium

2085

        

2085

 Bulgaria

2096

        

2096

 Canada

 

2138

8727

9618

25,233

10,726

 

19,597

15,390

91,429

 Czech  Rep

2211

        

2211

 Germany

5078

   

25,812

 

35,813

  

66,703

 Denmark

4174

  

3561

  

6617

  

14,352

 Spain

      

51,813

19,295

 

71,108

 Finland

  

12,038

15,184

 

10,074

 

7480

 

44,776

 France

2791

4634

   

15,441

 

27,903

 

50,769

 Hungary

       

8391

 

8391

 Israel

    

4843

    

4843

 Italy

  

2118

 

38,110

 

51,206

40,940

 

132,374

 S Korea

     

85,906

 

40,526

 

126,432

 Neth’lnd

 

9163

19,110

22,841

23,905

22,589

12,691

15,428

 

125,727

 Norway

 

6516

6066

 

6129

 

7669

  

26,380

 Peru

777

        

777

 Poland

2740

     

40,292

 

76,656

119,688

 Serbia

1993

        

1993

 Sweden

    

7065

 

7727

  

14,792

 Slovenia

2120

     

12,276

  

14,396

 UK

9292

20,252

 

16,316

  

20,982

 

13,538

80,380

 US

2017

7088

 

3339

  

34,693

64,085

38,182

149,404

 S Africa

      

14,302

  

14,302

 Year totals

37,374

51,282

48,059

74,040

170,136

159,051

296,081

257,262

143,766

1,237,051

  1. MTUS multinational time use survey, Czech Rep Czech Republic, S Korea South Korea, Neth’lnd Netherlands, UK United Kingdom, US United States, S Africa South Africa