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Title:

Analysis of Changes in Time Use and Activity Participation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for Well-Being

Accession Number:

01881538

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data from 2019 and 2020 to assess changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns. It applies two methods—a well-being scoring method and a time-poverty analysis method—to evaluate the impacts of these changes on society. The results show that individuals experienced diminished well-being during the pandemic even when their time-poverty statistics showed an improvement; this is because the pandemic did not allow individuals to pursue activities in a way that would enhance well-being. In general, well-being is positively associated with the pursuit of discretionary activities in the company of others in favored out-of-home locations. This explains why people have rapidly embraced traveling again in a post-pandemic era. At the same time, people desire more discretionary time (less time poverty); because the elimination of the commute contributes to this, workers are reluctant to return fully to the workplace. Planning processes need to account for a new normal in which activity-travel patterns will be increasingly shaped by the human desire to accumulate positive life experiences.

Supplemental Notes:

Irfan Batur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-2578© National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2023.

Language:

English

Authors:

Batur, Irfan

ORCID 0000-0002-8058-2578

Dirks, Abbie C C
Bhat, Chandra R

ORCID 0000-0002-0715-8121

Polzin, Steven E

ORCID 0000-0002-8831-0956

Chen, Cynthia

ORCID 0000-0002-1110-8610

Pendyala, Ram M

ORCID 0000-0002-1552-9447

Publication Date:

2023

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Web

Features:

References (33)

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Society; Transportation (General)

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Apr 26 2023 9:35AM