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To investigate people's use of time in towns. It was expected that this study would be relevant to various planning and administrative concerns, such as peak hour traffic congestion, the timing of public transport services, the introduction of flexible working hours, extensions of shop opening hours, the reform of pub licensing laws, and patterns of leisure activity.

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Variables Each of 450 sampled individuals was asked to complete a diary, covering seven days, in which he or she filled in descriptions from getting up to going to bed. The time of starting each activity was entered to the nearest minute, and the location as an address. For travel activities the mode was entered, and the destination. Each respondent also answered a questionaire giving standard background Socio-economic details.

Wards sampled with probabilities related to their populations. Addresses in wards selected from electoral registers with probabilities related to numbers of electors listed. All individuals (not just electors) resident at each sampled address listed and one individual between age limits selected for survey

Face-to-face interview

Diaries