You may be thinking of Philip José Farmer's [*Dayworld*](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16543.Dayworld) trilogy, first published in 1985. From the *Goodreads* link: > Dayworld leads a sf trilogy by Philip José Farmer set in a dystopian > future in which an overpopulated world allocates people only one day a > week. The other six days they're in suspended animation. The focus is > on Jeff Caird, a daybreaker living more than a day a week. He's not > like most daybreakers. He belongs to the radical Immer group working > to create a better government. Not all Immers are daybreakers, but > send information from one day to the next they've daybreakers like > Jeff. Immer daybreakers assume seven different personalities & jobs, > slipping from culture to culture in seven different worlds. While Jeff > & the other six go day to day, they run into problems while working as > Immer daybreakers. They must cover their tracks while trying to keep > up with seven different lives, families & jobs. It could drive a man > crazy. It does & the Immers must dispose of Jeff to keep the rest > safe. Jeff, wanting to live, tries to escape, but they have undercover > Immers in every job & government level. Jeff is caught & put in an > asylum, classified with multiple personality disorder. If considered > incurable he'll be killed. But Jeff has an escape plan.<br> > > The sequels are Dayworld Rebel, '87 & Dayworld Breakup, '90.