Examples of Personal Health-related Self-care (code 010301)
| Doing childbirth exercises |
| Dressing a wound |
| Taking vitamins |
| Resting because of injury |
| Giving oneself a shot |
| Taking insulin |
| Putting ice on injury |
| Gargling for sore throat |
| Resting because of illness |
| Taking medicine |
| Doing stress management exercises |
| Meditating (not religious) |
| Taking cough drops |
| Bandaging ankle |
| Giving oneself an injection |
| Testing blood sugar level |
| Applying ointment |
| Changing oxygen |
| Exercising or therapy for medical reasons |
The above items exclude health-related self-care, not elsewhere classified, code 010399, because the only activity example is “feeling sick.”
Source: American Time Use Survey Activity Lexicon: with activity examples–2003 (and the lexicons for 2004, 2005, and 2006). Washington, DC: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Available at: http://www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons.htm. Accessed 6 February 2009.