Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division ECE/CES/GE.30/2006/13 The UNECE webpages on Time-Use Surveys Piera Tortora UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics, 11-13 September 2006

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
ECE/CES/GE.30/2006/13
The UNECE webpages on
Time-Use Surveys
Piera Tortora
UNECE Work Session on Gender
Statistics, 11-13 September 2006
The UNECE Task Force on TimeUse Surveys
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The UNECE work session on Gender Statistics
held in Geneva in October 2004:
Potential of Time Use Surveys in Gender
Statistics and the creation of a Task Force
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Task Force : collection and dissemination of
relevant information through the web pages of
the UNECE Gender Statistics Website.
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Purpose of the Time-Use
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Intended to serve as a useful source of
information for the countries planning to carry
out a Time-Use Survey
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They provide information on:
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Data collection modes
Specifications for survey design and data
collection/processing/dissemination
Classifications and codings
Data available from national TUS
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International Guidelines
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Trial international classification of activities for time-use statisticsUnited Nations Statistics Division, 1998
classification of all activities on the 24 hours
consistent with existing classifications (SNA, ICSE, ISIC, ISCO)
applicable to a general population, in all parts of the world
Guidelines on Harmonised European Time Use Surveys- Eurostat,
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Sample Design
Diary Days
Survey Forms
Required Meta-data
Activity Coding List
Guide to Producing Statistics on Time-Use: Measuring Paid and
Unpaid Work-United Nations Statistics Division, 2005
Data-Collection Methods
Specifications for data collection/processing/dissemination
Classifications of Activities
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National Methodologies (1)
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Australia
Canada
Dominican republic
Iran
Mexico
New Zealand
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
Multinational Time Use Survey
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National Methodologies (2)
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An example: Slovenia
Eurostat harmonised
Every 7-10 years
Time-Diary Method (24 hrs, 10 minute intervals)
Age: 10+
Sample: 4.500 households
PSU: 1) Clusters of enumeration areas; 2) Individuals
Conducted: 1April 2000-31 March 2001
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Surveys (1)
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Armenia, 2004
Australia, 1992, 1997
Belgium, 1966, 1999
Canada, 2005
Finland, 1979, 1988, 2000
India, 1999
Ireland, 2005
Japan, 2001
Lithuania, 2003
Mongolia, 2000
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Netherlands, 2000
New Zealand, 1998-1999
Northern Ireland, 2004
Norway, 2000
Portugal, 1999, 2001
Spain, 2002-2003
UK, 2000, 2005
United States, 2004
MTUS, Multinational Time Use
Survey
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Surveys (2)
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An Example: India
Method: Recall Interview (1 week)
No use of standard classifications
Sample: 18,591 households spread over 6 selected States
70% of the respondents residing in rural areas
18% of the respondents were of age less than 6 years
87% of the women reported that they participated in the household
decision making
Out of 168 hours, male spent on average about 42 hours in paid
activities as compared to only about 19 hours by females
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POTENTIAL USERS
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Are you looking for data from national TUS?
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Are you looking for the diaries used?
• You can look at Diaries and Questionnaires
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Would you like to know about indicators produced with TUS?
• You can look at Data Reports
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Are you interested in challenges met in conducting TUS?
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Issues
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Future Developments
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ECE will continue broadening its collection of
information on TUS from all countries
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Any suggestions from users and potential
users are most welcomed
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Help us shape the web pages so that they can
improve in being informative and easily
accessible!
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
THANK YOU!
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/time
use/Welcome.html