Data

The American Time Usage Survey is a big data collection effort from the U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS).

The survey collects detailed time usage data (how people spend their time) for a sampling of people across the US.

They provide the data files in a very detailed form: data files page. You can get lots of information about who the people are and what they did.

One thing that makes this data interesting is that it is done with a great deal of statistical care to document each thing very carefully so that it can be used correctly.