Description

INTERACT is a binary indicator of whether the respondent interacted with someone else during the activity.

INTERACT is collected for three randomly selected activities for each respondent. For activities to be eligible for selection, they must be at least five minutes in duration and may not include the following ACTIVITY codes: sleeping (0101xx), grooming (0102xx), personal activities (0104xx), refusal (500105), don't know (500106). Other activity-level affect data are available in the following variables: SCHAPPY, SCPAIN, SCSAD, SCSTRESS, and SCTIRED. One other quality of life measure is also available: MEANING.

This variable is available via extracts that are hierarchical or rectangular (activity) (more info on extract formats). If you request a hierarchical extract and plan to construct time use variables in your statistics package, this variable may be useful to you. If you request a rectangular extract and plan to construct time use variables through the extract system, INTERACT will not be included in your extract, as persons are the unit of observation for rectangular extracts rather than activity or who records.

These data were collected as part of the Well-being Module of the ATUS interview. Research using INTERACT should apply AWBWT as the statistical weight.

Comparability

This variable is comparable across years.

Universe

Availability

• 2010, 2012-2013, 2021

Flags