1 The Time Use of Teenagers* Joseph Price Department of Economics Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 Vanessa R. Wight Bijou R. Hunt Suzanne M. Bianchi Department of Sociology and Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) University of Maryland 2112 Art-Sociology Building College Park, MD 20742-1315 ABSTRACT This paper uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data to describe the time use of teenagers ages 15-17, with a focus on activities that affect teenagers’ well-being such as sleep, eating, schoolwork, and television habits. We also examine family correlates of teenagers’ time use. We find that teenagers with a single parent engage in more housework, study less, are less likely to eat dinner with their parent, and spend more time in unsupervised activities, but they get more sleep. Adolescents with more educated mothers spend more time studying, less time watching television, and are more likely to eat dinner with a parent. Keywords: adolescents, family composition, parental involvement, time use *An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the Population Association of America.