Gaining insight into the way the Dutch population, over 12 year old, spends its time. For a one week period respondents reported in a diary the time spent ( in units of 15 minutes ) on 238 separate activities, grouped in these categories: work, job, professional activities ( including necessary travelling, commuting ) / domestic work ( including gardening, repairs ) / child care and companionship / shopping ( including visits to hairdresser, GP general practitioner, post office, bank ) / personal needs / schools, courses, education / church attendance, social and political participation / leisure, social and cultural life / sports and other active leisure spending, hobbies / radio and tv exposure, computer use, reading books, newspapers, magazines, talking. Pre-diary questionnaire items: use of tv sets / teletext / viditel / reception of foreign tv stations / current affairs programs on radio and tv / shopping habits / readership magazines, weeklies, newspapers / membership library, books club / book reading / frequency of going out to dancing, movies etc. / eating outdoors / sports / lotteries / musical instruments / hobbies / political interest and participation / volunteer work / garden / pets / family composition / child care / role patterns / work situation / following education / situation partner. Post-diary questionnaire: special circumstances / illness / domestic help / consumerism / video / computer ( micro, home- ) / vehicles / political preference / income. Background variables: basic characteristics/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ place of work/ occupation/employment/ education/ politics/ religion/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership.The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.