# How time spent on smartphone is coded?

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-time-spent-on-smartphone-is-coded/4291>\
**Category:** TIME USE\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-time-spent-on-smartphone-is-coded/4291 "2021-08-27T01:52:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jen-Hao\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@Jen-Hao\_Chen](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Jen-Hao_Chen)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-time-spent-on-smartphone-is-coded/4291/1 "2021-08-27T01:52:31Z")

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Hi IMPUS Time Use Researchers and Users

Does anyone know how time spent on smartphone is coded in the American Time Use Survey? I go through the list activity but there is no one for “smartphone usage”. Given people nowadays spent substantial amount of time on their phone, does anyone know if it is possible to calculate “time on smartphone” using the ATUS. Many thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Bombyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Matthew\_Bombyk](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Matthew_Bombyk)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-time-spent-on-smartphone-is-coded/4291/2 "2021-09-02T20:09:42Z")

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I’ll refer you to [this forum thread](https://forum.ipums.org/t/activity-120308/3824) for more information on this.