Category Description

This category captures time the respondent spends in education and schooling. This includes regular schooling (0316), homework (0317), short course or training (0318), as well as occasional, other education, or training (0319).

• 0316 REGULAR SCHOOLING, EDUCATION

  Category Description

  This category captures time in regular schooling.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1975-76: This period includes time full time student respondents spent attending classes.
  
  1985: The category captures time on television-based education as well as student (full-time) attending classes. This includes daycare and nursery school for children not in school.
  
  2003+: Regular schooling comprises of regular schooling time taking classes for a degree, certification, or licensure. This also includes time on security procedures/waiting related to taking classes.
  
  Category examples
  Attending a seminar, class
  Attending practicum/internships
  Auditing a course
  Listening to a lecture
  Taking a field trip, exams, on-line course
  Talking to classmates, teacher
  Waiting for the teacher
  Being searched at security checkpoint
  Opening bags for security search
  Passing through metal detector
  Attending class, reason unknown
  Attending study hall
  Having a free period
  Having detention
  Taking a CPA/GMAT/GRE/LSAT/SAT prep course
  

• 0317 HOMEWORK

  Category Description

  This category captures time in homework, study, or research.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1985: This category captures time on homework, study, or research as well as reading activities for class.
  
  2003+: The period includes research or homework for class, research or homework for personal interest, or waiting associated with research or homework.
  
  Category examples
  Attending study group
  Listening to language CD
  Organizing notes
  Reading, reading/sending e-mail
  Studying
  Writing paper/essay
  Attending study group
  Listening to language CD
  Organizing notes
  Reading, reading/sending e-mail
  Studying
  Writing paper/essay
  Waiting for study group
  Preparing for SAT/GRE/LSAT
  Studying for CPA/GMAT/GRE/LSAT/SAT prep course
  
  2007+: Reading the bible/scriptures was added as a category example post 2007.

• 0318 SHORT COURSE OR TRAINING

  Category Description

  This category generally captures time spent on courses or lectures.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1975-76, 1992-94: This category captures time on course/lecture.
  
  1985: Short course or training includes courses, lectures, and academic or professional classes. This also include time being tutored.
  
  2003+: This period includes time taking class for personal interest.
  
  Category examples
  Attending Bible study, Lamaze class, Sunday school
  Dance class
  Prenatal/child care classes
  Taking a car maintenance/repair class
  Taking a cooking class, a financial planning class
  Taking a massage class, a pottery class
  Taking a retirement planning seminar
  Taking a sewing class, a wine appreciation class
  Taking academic class
  Taking an art, craft, hobby, recreational course
  Taking CPR, first aid, driver's education, driving lessons
  Taking music/voice lessons, on-line course
  Taking parenting class, personal development classes
  Taking photography class
  Taking self-defense
  Talking to classmates, teacher
  

• 0319 OCCASIONAL OR OTHER EDUCATION/TRAINING

  Category Description

  This category broadly comprises of time spent on other educational activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1985: This includes time at daycare/nursery before or after school only, other education, time spent in library, and other computer use.
  
  1992-94, 1998-01: These periods capture time using the library or other education.
  
  2003+: This period includes extracurricular club activities, extracurricular music and performance activities, extracurricular student government activities, administrative activities for class or personal interest, and waiting associated with administrative activities.
  
  Category examples
  Attending American Field Service activities, including meetings
  Attending Key Club activities, including meetings
  Attending language club activities
  Attending math club activities
  Attending National Honor Society activities
  Attending pep club activities
  Attending science club activities
  Participating in academic club activities, including meetings
  Participating in chess club activities, including meetings
  Practicing for debate club competition
  Attending band practice, choir practice as extracurricular school activity
  Attending play practice
  Attending student government meetings
  Preparing for student government elections
  Enrolling in class
  Getting ID for class
  Getting parking pass for class
  Looking at course descriptions/listings
  Paying tuition/fees for class
  Registering for class
  Enrolling in class for personal interest
  Getting ID for class for personal interest
  Getting parking pass for class for personal interest
  Paying fees for class for personal interest
  Paying tuition for class for personal interest
  Registering for class for personal interest
  Waiting in line to pay tuition/fees, register/get ID
  Waiting to enroll in class
  Registering for CPA/GMAT/GRE/LSAT/SAT prep course
  Registering for test prep class
  Attending own graduation ceremony
  
  2012+: The following were added after 2012.
  
  Category examples
  Taking the LSAT/GMAT/GRE/CPA exam/SAT/MCAT