The Activity Coding List is used in the Harmonised European Time Use Surveys (HETUS) to quantify how much time people spend on various activities, including paid work, household chores and family care, personal care, voluntary work, social life, travel and leisure. It is based on international practices and previous classifications of daily activities used in Europe. The initial coding system and index were tested and revised on the basis of time use pilot surveys in 18 countries. The final system was completed in 2000 and revised in 2008 and in 2018. The European activity coding list allows several groupings of activities depending on the purpose of the analysis.
