Category Description

This category captures time the respondent spends in adult care as well as civic, voluntary and religious activities. This includes adult care (0640), general voluntary activities (0641), political and civic activity (0642), union and professional activities (0643), volunteering for child or family organization (0644), volunteering for fraternal organization (0645), other formal volunteering (0646), activities for religious organizations (0648), as well as worshiping and religious activities (0649).

• 0640 ADULT CARE

  Category Description

  This includes time spent in care to adults.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1975-76: The period also includes the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Medical care to adults in household
  Non-medical care to adult from household
  Help/care for adult from other household
  Help/care for neighbors or friends
  Help or care for unspecified adults
  
  1985: The period comprises of the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Medical care to adults in household
  Non-medical care to adults in household
  Routine non-medical care to adults in household: "got my wife up," "ran a bath for my husband"
  Help and care to relatives not living in household
  Helping caring for, providing for needs of relatives; (except travel)
  Helping move, bringing food, assisting in emergencies, doing housework for relatives
  Visiting when sick
  Help and care to neighbors, friends
  Help and care to others, unknown relationship to respondent
  
  1992-94, 1998-01: The period is categorized under personal needs and care; help and care.
  
  2003+: Time in adult care broadly includes the following main categories: caring for household adults, helping household adults, caring for and helping non household children, activities related to non-household children's education/health, caring for non-household adults, and helping non-household adults. Listed are the category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Bathing household adult
  Cutting household adult's hair
  Dressing/Feeding household adult
  Getting household adult ready to go somewhere
  Helping household adult dress
  Providing physical aid to household adult
  Putting household adult to bed
  Waking household adult
  Visiting household adult in hospital (2003-2004)
  Checking on household adult
  Monitoring/Supervising household adult
  Bandaging household adult
  Giving household adult medicine
  Waiting to meet a household adult's care provider
  Waiting while doctor examines household adult
  Waiting with household adult at hospital/physician's office
  Helping household adult with computer, taxes/bills
  Running errands for household adult (not self)
  Shopping for household adult (not self)
  Making things for household adult
  Organizing parties for household adult
  Packing household adult's bags
  Planning activities/events/parties for household adult
  Dropping household adult off at senior center
  Picking up household adult from household adult's event
  Waiting for household adult to get ready
  Waiting to pick up household adult
  Bathing non-household child
  Carrying non-household child/baby
  Changing non-household child's diapers
  Cuddling non-household child
  Cutting non-household child's hair
  Drawing a bath for non-household child
  Dressing non-household child
  Feeding non-household child
  Getting non-household child ready to go somewhere
  Giving non-household child a bottle
  Holding non-household child
  Laying out clothes for non-household child
  Preparing a shower for non-household child
  Putting non-household child to bed
  Rocking non-household child
  Soothing non-household child/baby
  Tucking in non-household child
  Waking non-household child
  Listening to a non-household child read
  Reading to non-household children
  Reading with non-household children
  Entertaining non-household child
  Giving non-household child a piggyback ride
  Horsing around with non-household child
  Playing games with non-household child only
  Playing with non-household child
  Singing/dancing with non-household child
  Tickling non-household child
  Building model planes with non-household child
  Making holiday decorations with non-household child
  Organizing coin collection with non-household child
  Playing basketball with non-household child
  Riding bikes with non-household child
  Fussing at/scolding non-household child
  Hearing about non-household child's day
  Lecturing non-household child
  Listening to a non-household child sing
  Praying with non-household child (2007-2011)
  Singing to non-household child
  Singing with non-household child
  Talking with non-household child
  Telling non-household child to brush teeth
  Telling non-household child to get ready for bed
  Helping a non-household child do something
  Showing non-household child how to do something
  Teaching non-household child manners/proper eating habits
  Teaching non-household child proper hygiene
  Teaching non-household child to cook
  Teaching non-household child to tie shoelaces
  Helping with party for non-household child
  Making costumes for non-household child
  Organizing activities for non-household child
  Packing non-household child's bag
  Planning activities/party/play dates for non-household child
  Signing non-household child up for activities
  Unpacking non-household child's bag
  Checking on non-household child
  Keeping tabs on non-household child
  Monitoring non-household child
  Supervising non-household child
  Supervising non-household child swimming
  Watching but not interacting with non-household child
  Checking on non-household child
  Keeping tabs on non-household child
  Monitoring non-household child
  Supervising non-household child
  Supervising non-household child swimming
  Watching but not interacting with non-household child
  Waiting for non-household child to finish his/her activity
  Waiting for non-household child to get ready
  Waiting for school bus with non-household child
  Waiting to pick up non-household child
  Dropping off non-household child at babysitter's
  Dropping off non-household child at friend's house
  Dropping off non-household child at soccer practice
  Picking up non-household child from day care
  Picking up non-household child from school
  Checking non-household child's homework
  Helping a non-household child with homework
  Helping non-household child with school project
  Picking up non-household child's books/assignments
  Quizzing non-household child before a test
  Reviewing non-household child's homework
  Signing non-household child's homework log
  Attending non-household child's back-to-school night
  Attending non-household child's parent-teacher conference
  Attending PTA meeting
  Meeting with school psychologist of non-household child
  Meeting with non-household child's tutor
  Meeting with principal of non-household child
  Observing non-household child's class
  Talking to or with non-household child's tutor
  Talking with teachers of non-household child
  Waiting to meet with non-household child's teacher
  Home schooling a non-household child
  Bandaging non-household child's cuts/burns
  Bandaging non-household child's scrapes/cuts
  Giving non-household child medicine, insulin shot
  Helping non-household child with physical therapy
  Putting medicine on non-household child's burn/cuts
  Sitting with sick non-household child
  Taking a non-household child's temperature
  Accompanying non-household child to medical appointment
  Talking with non-household child's doctor/nurse
  Waiting while doctor examines non-household child
  Waiting with non-household child at hospital/physician's office
  Visiting a non-household child in the hospital
  Bathing non-household adult
  Cutting non-household adult's hair
  Dressing/Feeding non-household adult
  Getting non-household adult ready to go somewhere
  Helping non-household adult dress
  Providing physical aid to non-household adult
  Putting non-household adult to bed
  Waking non-household adult
  Checking on non-household adult
  Monitoring non-household adult
  Supervising non-household adult
  Visiting non-household adult in hospital (2003-2004)
  Accompanying non-household adult to medical appointment
  Meeting with non-household adult care provider
  Talking to non-household adult's doctors/nurses
  Talking to/with non-household adult care provider
  Waiting to meet a non-household adult care provider
  Waiting while doctor examines non-household adult
  Waiting with non-household adult at hospital/physician's office
  Cooking/preparing food for non-household adult
  Doing housework for non-household adult
  Doing laundry for non-household adult (not self)
  Shopping for non-household adult (not self)
  Disposing of trash for non-household adult
  Fixing plumbing leak for non-household adult
  Mending fence for non-household adult
  Mowing the lawn for non-household adult
  Painting house for non-household adult
  Bathing/Walking dog for non-household adult
  Feeding pets for non-household adult
  Adjusting brakes for non-household adult
  Changing tires for non-household adult
  Fixing appliances/car/computer for non-household adult
  Maintaining sports equipment for non-household adults
  Helping non-household adult with computer applications
  Helping non-household adult with taxes/bills
  Doing paperwork for non-household adult
  Making things for non-household adult
  Organizing party for non-household adult
  Packing non-household adult's bags
  Planning activities/events/party for non-household adult
  Running errands for non-household adult (not self)
  Dropping non-household adult off at senior center
  Picking up non-household adult from adult's event
  Waiting for non-household adult to get ready
  Waiting to pick up non-household adult
  
  2004+: This period includes the following category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Helping non-household child bathe
  Helping non-household child brush teeth
  Helping non-household child feed him/herself
  Helping non-household child get dressed
  Helping non-household child use the bathroom
  Helping non-household child read
  Teaching non-household child to read
  Dancing with non-household child
  Helping non-household child make arts and crafts
  Teaching non-household child how to play a sport
  Teaching non-household child to ride a bike
  Attending non-household child's school open house
  Meeting with school speech pathologist of non-household child
  Meeting with guidance counselor of non-household child
  
  2005+: This period includes the following category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Strolling with a non-household child
  Walking with a non-household child
  Accompanying non-household child trick-or-treating
  Accompanying non-household child visiting Santa Claus
  Accompanying non-household child trick-or-treating
  Accompanying non-household child visiting Santa Claus
  

• 0641 GENERAL VOLUNTARY ACTS

  Category Description

  General voluntary activities relate to organizational voluntary activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period includes time in non-paid collective civic activities (e.g. volunteers) as well as travelling connected to civic and collective participation activities, including waiting for activities means of transport travel.
  
  1975-76: The period also includes miscellaneous volunteering.
  
  1985: The period includes activities with miscellaneous organizations that do not fit under special interest/identity organizations, political party and civic participation, fraternal organizations, child/youth organizations, professional/union organizations, religious groups or religious practice as well as volunteer or helping organizations. Specifically, this time comprises of any activities as a member of an organization not fitting into these categories. Meetings and other activities are included as well. This time also includes interviewing and using questionnaire (etc?) under passive leisure activities.
  
  1992-94, 1994-95, 1998-01: The period is categorized under volunteer and helping with organizations.
  
  2003+: Time in general voluntary activities broadly includes the following main categories: administrative and support activities, indoor and outdoor maintenance, building, and clean up activities, participating in performance and cultural activities, attending meetings, conferences, and training, and public health and safety activities.
  Listed are the category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Checking e-mail
  Computer use, unspecified
  Designing website for volunteer organization
  Surfing the internet
  Writing/sending e-mail
  Organizing volunteer materials
  Preparing for a meeting
  Stuffing envelopes
  Reading books, journals, newspapers
  Reviewing notes, briefs, papers
  Reading books, journals, newspapers
  Editing newsletters
  Writing letters/memos
  Collecting monetary donations
  Raising money for charitable causes/political candidates
  Ringing a bell for the Salvation Army
  Baking cookies for the PTA bake sale
  Delivering/serving meals to shut-ins
  Distributing groceries at food bank
  Preparing food for a fundraiser
  Serving food at a homeless shelter
  Working in a soup kitchen
  Collecting clothing for disaster relief
  Distributing blankets at a homeless shelter
  Reading to the blind
  Spending time with hospice patients
  Visiting shut-ins or the elderly
  Walking dogs at animal shelter
  Assisting in a classroom
  Being a Big Brother/Big Sister
  Coaching teams
  Counseling at a halfway house
  Doing vocational training
  Leading Boy Scout meeting
  Leading religious youth group
  Teaching parenting classes
  Teaching Sunday school
  Tutoring
  Working a hotline for victim support services
  Building a wildlife refuge area
  Building houses for Habitat for Humanity
  Building playgrounds
  Cleaning parks/streets
  Doing environmental clean-up
  Maintaining hiking trails
  Picking up trash
  Planting trees
  Renovating a house
  Repairing cars, tools or equipment
  Acting in a performance
  Auctioneering a benefit auction
  Dancing in a performance
  Emceeing a charity function
  Performing music
  Being a docent/museum guide
  Donating blood, providing medical care
  Being on duty as firefighter
  Patrolling for neighborhood crime watch
  
  2004+: This period includes the following category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Addressing envelopes
  Filing
  Preparing/organizing schedules
  Donating books
  Donating clothing
  Sorting books, clothing
  
  2006+: This period includes practicing for a performance related to volunteer activities.
  
  2007+: This period includes the following category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Reading scriptures
  Reading the Bible
  Reading scriptures
  Reading the Bible
  Donating books
  Donating clothing
  Sorting books, clothing
  Counted church offering
  Leading a blessing
  Teaching bat/bar mitzvah class, confirmation class
  Teaching religious class
  Teaching/leading Bible study, religious class
  
  2012+: This period includes the following category examples:
  
  Category examples
  Reading scriptures
  Reading the Bible
  Donating books
  Donating clothing
  Sorting books
  Sorting clothing
  Counted church offering
  Leading a blessing
  Teaching bat/bar mitzvah class
  Teaching confirmation class, religious class
  Teaching/leading Bible study, religious class
  

• 0642 POLITICAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITY

  Category Description

  This category comprises of time spent in politicial or civic programs.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period includes time in programs of political or union training course including political courses. This also comprises of time in participation as member of a party, of a union, etc.
  
  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in meetings with political or civic groups as well as other political/civic activities.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent on political party and civic participation (i.e. Citizens' groups, Young Democrats, Young Republicans, radical political groups, civic duties).
  
  Category examples
  Meetings- political/citizen organizations
  Attending meetings of a political party or citizen group, including city council
  Other activities, political/citizen organizations
  Participation in political party and citizens' groups, including social activities, voting, jury duty, helping with election, and meals
  
  2003+: Time in political and civic activities broadly includes time in civic obligations and participation and waiting associated with such activities.

• 0643 UNION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  Category Description

  This category comprises of time spent in union or professional activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period comprises of time in participation in various factory councils (committees, commissions).
  
  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in union/professional group meetings as well as other union/professional group activity.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in professional and union organizations (State Education Association; AFL-CIO; Teamsters)
  
  Category examples
  Meetings; professional/union
  Attending meetings of professional or union groups
  Other activities, professional/union
  Other activities as a member of a professional or union group including social activities and meals
  
  1992-94, 1994-95. 1998-01: The period is categorized as time with professional unions and organizations.
  
  2003+: Time in union and professional activities includes

• 0644 VOLUNTEER CHILD/FAMILY ORGANIZATION

  Category Description

  This is time spent in family or youth organizations.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in meetings of family/youth organizations as well as other family/youth group activities.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in child/youth/family organizations (for example, PTA, PTO; Boy/Girl Scouts; Little League, YMCA/YWCA; school volunteer)
  
  Category examples
  Meetings, family organizations
  Attending meetings of child/youth/family oriented organizations
  Other activities, family organizations
  Other activities as a member of child/youth/family oriented organizations including social activities and meals
  
  1992-94, 1998-01: The period is categorized as time with child, youth, and family organizations.
  
  1994-95: The period is categorized as time with family organizations.

• 0645 VOLUNTEER FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

  Category Description

  This is time spent in fraternal organization activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in fraternal organizations as well as other fraternal organization activities.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in fraternal organizations (Moose, VFW, Kiwanis, Lions, Civilian, Chamber of Commerce, Shriners, American Legion)
  
  Category examples
  Meetings, fraternal organizations
  Attending meetings of fraternal organizations
  Other activities, fraternal organizations
  Other activities as a member of fraternal organizations including social activities and helping activities and meals
  
  1992-94: The period is categorized as time with fraternal organizations.

• 0646 OTHER FORMAL VOLUNTEERING

  Category Description

  This is time spent in other types of formal miscellaneous volunteering.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period includes time in voluntary activity as an elected official of a social or political organization, participation in meetings, participation in other associations (family, parent, military, etc.), and miscellaneous organization participation.
  
  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in meetings of identity groups and other identity group activities. Time in other formal volunteering also includes attending meetings of voluntary group, office volunteer, fundraising activity for voluntary group, direct help to persons as a member as well as other voluntary activities for group.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in special interest/identity organizations (i.e. groups based on sex, race, national origin, NOW; NAACP; Polish-American Society; neighborhood or block organizations; CR groups; senior citizens; Weight Watchers). Further, this also includes time in volunteering or helping in organizations (hospital volunteer group, United Fund, Red Cross, Big Brother/Sister)
  
  Category examples
  Meetings: identity organizations
  Attending meetings of special interest, identity organizations
  Other activities, identity organizations
  Other activities as a member of a special interest, identity organization, including social activities and meals
  Attending meetings of volunteer, helping organizations
  Officer work; work as an officer of volunteer, helping organizations, respondent must indicate he/she is an officer to be coded here
  Fundraising activities as a member of volunteer helping organization
  Collecting money, planning a collection drive
  Direct help to individuals or groups as a member of volunteer helping organizations
  Visiting, bringing food, driving
  Other activities as a member of volunteer helping organizations, including social events and meals
  
  1992-94, 1998-01: This is time spent with special interest groups and other organizations.

• 0648 ACTS FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

  Category Description

  This is time spent in religious organizations.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period includes time in participation in religious organizations and religious practice.
  
  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in religious charity group meeting, other religious charity activity, other religious group meetings and other religious group act/social.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in religious groups.
  
  Category examples
  Meetings: religious helping groups
  Attending meetings of helping-oriented church groups, ladies aid, circle, missionary society, Knights of Columbus
  Other activities; religious helping groups
  Other activities as a member of groups including social activities and meals
  Meetings: other church groups; attending meetings of church group, not primarily helping-oriented, or unknown if helping-oriented
  Other activities, other church groups; other activities as a member of church groups which are not helping oriented or unknown if helping, including social activities and meals
  Choir practice
  Bible class
  
  1992-94, 1994-95, 1998-01: The period is categorized as time with religious groups.

• 0649 WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS ACTS

  Category Description

  This is time spent attending religious practice and services.

  Activity Coding Rules

  1965-66: The period includes time in religious practice and attending religious ceremonies.
  
  1975-76: The period also includes time spent in attending religious services and private worship.
  
  1985: This period includes time spent in religious practice.
  
  Category examples
  Attending services of a church or synagogue, including participating in the
  Service
  Ushering
  Singing in choir
  Leading youth group
  Going to church, funerals
  Individual practice
  Religious practice carried out as an individual or in a small group
  Praying, meditating
  Bible study group (not at church)
  Visiting graves
  
  1992-94, 1998-01: The period is categorized as time in religious practices.
  
  1994-95: The period is categorized as time in worship and religious activities.
  
  2003+: Time in worship and religious activities include attending religious services, participating in religious practices, waiting associated with religious and spiritual activities, and security procedures linked to these activities.
  
  Category examples
  Attending a baptism/christening, a bar mitzvah/briss
  Attending church revival, church services, confirmation service
  Attending funerals
  Attending mosque, synagogue, temple
  Attending wakes, memorial services
  Attending/participating in weddings
  Attending church choir practice
  Cleaning up after religious ceremonies
  Decorating for religious ceremonies
  Leading church choir, musical groups
  Participating in church musical performance
  Playing the church organ, alone, with others
  Putting flowers on graves
  Rehearsing for religious ceremonies
  Singing in the church choir
  Ushering for religious services
  Visiting graves
  Being searched at security checkpoint
  Opening bags for security search
  Passing through metal detector
  
  2004+: The following are post 2004 category examples.
  
  Category examples
  Attending a religious retreat
  Opening Advent calendar day
  Conducting religious rites in the home
  Lighting menorah candles (Hanukkah), attending Advent wreath
  
  2007+: The following are post-2007 category examples.
  
  Category examples
  Attending a blessing
  Attending/hearing confession
  Saying prayers for a Seder
  Preparing the sacrament/communion
  Reading the Bible/Koran/Torah/Talmud/scriptures
  Studying the Bible/Koran/scriptures
  Meditating for religious purposes
  Attending a wedding rehearsal
  Leading blessings
  Attending Passover Seder