Form Attachments 1-5 Attachments 1-5 Survey Protocol

Attachment 1 – The complete, simplified ATUS lexicon

Sleeping or own personal care

Sleeping

Sleeplessness

Washing, dressing, or grooming oneself

Health-related self care

Personal, private activities

Household (things you do in and around your home) activities

Interior cleaning

Laundry, ironing, or mending textiles

Storing, moving, or unpacking items, including groceries

Food or drink preparation or presentation

Kitchen or food clean-up

Home decoration, maintenance, or repair

Lawn, garden, or houseplant care

Pet care including general care for animals or pets (not veterinary care)

Walking, exercising, or playing with animals

Vehicle, appliance, tool, or toy maintenance or setup

Household or personal organization, planning, or finances

Other household activities

Caring for or helping others

Caring for or helping children

Physical care for children

Reading to or with children

Playing or doing arts, crafts, or sports with children

Follow-up Probe:

- Who live in your household

- Who do not live in your household

Talking with or listening to children

Supervising children (as a primary activity)

Attending children's events

Picking up or dropping off children

Activities related to children's education

Activities related to children's health

Other care for children

Caring for or helping adults

Physical care for adults

Follow-up Probe:

- Who live in your household

- Who do not live in your household

Providing or obtaining medical care for adults

Picking up or dropping off adults

Other caring or helping activities for adults

Animal or pet care assistance for adults

Vehicle or appliance maintenance or repair assistance for adults

Household or financial management assistance for adults

Picking up or dropping off adults

Other caring or helping activities for adults

Working or related activities

Working at main job

Working at other job

Making money at main job by providing a service or through hobbies or performances

Taking breaks at work

Eating and drinking

Relaxing

Socializing

Other

Job searching or interviewing

Other work activities

Educational activities/Classes

Taking a class for a degree, certificate, or license

Taking a class for personal interest

Homework for a class for a degree, certificate, or license

Homework for a class for personal interest

Extracurricular school activities (except sports)

Other educational activities

Shopping

Grocery shopping

Purchasing prepared food (not groceries)

Other shopping

Medical services or professional services

Banking, financial consultations

Medical appointments or consultations

Real estate, veterinary, or other professional services

Haircuts, massages, manicures, or other personal services

Haircuts

Massages

Manicures/pedicures

Other personal services

Cleaning or repair services for vehicles or the home

Using government services or voting

Using government services

Voting

Other civic obligations

Eating or drinking

Storing, moving, or unpacking items, including groceries

Food or drink preparation or presentation

Kitchen or food clean-up

Socializing, relaxing, or leisure

Eating or drinking

Socializing or communicating for leisure (in person)

Attending or hosting parties, receptions, or ceremonies

Relaxing, thinking, taking breaks

Watching TV, movies, videos

Listening to radio, podcasts, music

Playing musical instruments, singing

Playing video games

Playing other games

Using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)

Using a computer—other uses; not for TV, games, reading, social media

Arts and crafts as a hobby

Reading for personal interest, listening to audiobooks

Attending movies, performing arts, zoos, museums

Other leisure

Exercise, sports, or recreation

Attending sports or recreation events

Bicycling

Golfing

Hiking, hunting, fishing, or other outdoor recreational activities

Playing basketball, soccer, or other team sports

Running

Swimming or other water sports

Walking for exercise

Walking with animals/pets or playing with animals

Weight lifting, strength training

Yoga

Other exercise

Other sports

Religious or spiritual activities

Attending religious services

Religious or spiritual practices or education

Other religious or spiritual activities

Volunteering through an organization

Volunteering in administrative or support activities

Volunteering in social service or care activities

Volunteering in building, maintenance, or clean-up activities

Volunteering at performances or events

Other volunteering

Communications, not in-person (phone, video calls, messaging, e-mails, mail)

With friends or family

With others

Driving or other travel

Attachment 2 - 35 time-use activities that will be coded by participants

Took a nap (01)

Got dressed for work (01)

Vacuumed and dusted my apartment (02)

Cleaned up the kitchen after supper (02)

Gave my dog a bath (02)

Worked on my taxes (02)

Watched my kids on the playground (03)

Did arts and crafts with my kids (03)

Read books to my children (03)

Provided pills to my elderly mother who lives with us (03)

Cooking dinner for my elderly father who lives nearby (04)

Watched my friend's child (04)

Walked my friend's child to school (04)

Mowed my neighbor's lawn (04)

Repaired my cousin's toilet (04)

Teleworked for my primary job (05)

Out of personal interest, watched a video on how to program on YouTube (06)

Had my a guitar lesson (06)

Bought groceries (07)

Had an online doctor's appointment (08)

My dog had an appointment with the Vet (08)

Got my car inspected (annual inspection) (09)

Voted at my local school (10)

Ate dinner at a restaurant (11)

Watched a streaming movie (12)

Played online video games (12)

Read a book (12)

Took a walk (13)

Went for a jog (13)

Played basketball (13)

Did yoga (13)

Attended church (14)

Acted as a chaperone for my daughter's school trip (15)

Called my sister on the phone (16)

Texted a friend (16)

Attachment 3 – Instructions for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) Participants

1. Navigation Task

a. Recruitment criteria: This task is open to adults aged 18-65.

b. Description of Navigation Task on the MTurk Site: We are conducting this research to understand how people think about their use of time. You will read an activity and pick a category that best describes the activity from a list of categories. For example, an activity might be “dozed off for a few minutes” so a good category to select would be “Sleeping.” There are 35 items to assign to a list of categories.

This task is estimated to take about 20 minutes, and you will be paid $3 for completing it.

c. Keywords: Organizing or classifying information, navigation task, research

d. Instructions for the Navigation Task: 

Welcome to this study, and thank you for agreeing to participate!

In this study, you will first read descriptions of how people spend their time. Then you will assign each activity to the best selection from a list (menu) of categories.

You will be presented with 35 activities. Classifying them shouldn't take longer than 20 minutes.

Our goal is to determine how well the list of categories covers typical activities that people do.

Your participation will also help us find out how people think about how they spend their time.

Find out how on the next page ...

e. How the Tasks Will Appear On the Optimal Workshop Website (TreeJack Tool)

There are multiple screens in the TreeJack testing tool. Some key screens are shown below. Since this is a free demo instrument, only three tasks could be included.

Welcome Screen

Instructions Screen

Task Screen

Each task is shown here

f. Actual menu that will be tested in Navigation Test #1

Home

Caring for or helping others

Cleaning or repair services for vehicles or the home

Communications, not in-person (phone, video calls, messaging, e-mails, mail)

Driving or other travel

Eating or drinking

Educational activities/Classes

Exercise, sports, or recreation

Household (things you do in and around your home) activities

Haircuts, massages, manicures, or other personal services

Medical services or professional services

Religious or spiritual activities

Shopping

Sleeping or own personal care

Socializing, relaxing, or leisure

Using government services or voting

Volunteering

Working or related activities

Other

2. Card Sorting Task - Instructions for the Card Sorting Task 

a. Recruitment criteria: This task is open to adults aged 18-65.

b. Description of task on the MTurk Site: For some context, we are conducting this research as part of an effort to develop an online diary that captures how people use their time. In this task you will be asked to sort 35 activities that a person might have done during the day into some predefined categories. If you believe none of the existing categories are appropriate, you can create and name new categories.

This task is estimated to take about 20 minutes, and you will be paid $3 for completing it.

c. Keywords: Card sorting, sorting information, organization of information

d. Instructions for the Card-Sorting Task in the Optimal Workshop Card-Sorting Tool

Welcome Screen

Instructions Screen

Initial Setup

Attachment 4 – Activities to be coded in Focused Navigation Testing – The correct category is shown in parentheses (approximately 19 activities are shown. A similar 16 activities will be added depending on results from preceding navigation tests)

Attended an alcoholics anonymous meeting (01)

Attended a business meeting (05)

Got my car its annual inspection (09)

Met with the representative of a landscaping company to get an estimate for some work (09)

Voted at my local school (10)

Waited at motor vehicles to get plates for a used car purchase (10)

Read my daily newspaper (12)

Read an online blog (12)

Checked Facebook (12) - example of “using social media”

Read my Twitter feed (12) - example of “using social media”

Played a game of softball (13)

Went boating (13)

Went bowling (13)

Did step aerobics (13)

Wrote a letter to my grandmother (16)

Talked to my brother on the phone (16)

Sent emails to members of my book club (16)

Texted with my daughter (16)

Skyped (online video call) with my son who is overseas (16)

Attachment 5 – Instructions for the MTurk Screening Survey 

a. Description of the Screening Survey on the MTurk Site:

You will be asked to complete a 2-minute survey to determine if you qualify for a follow-up study. You will be paid 20 cents for this 4-question survey.

b. Instructions and Questions in SurveyMonkey

The following screens show how the survey will appear in SurveyMonkey.