Time use survey

Time use survey

A Time Use Survey is a statistical survey which aims to report data on how, on average, people spend their time.

Objectives

The objective is to identify, classify and quantify the main types of activity that people engage in during a definitive time period, e.g. a year, or a month etc. Statistical survey methodologies to construct data on time use were first devised in the 1960s, although the concept of time use data dates back to the 1920s. Useful information is available from the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, Essex, England.

Among other things, time use surveys can reveal the magnitudes of household work and voluntary work performed beyond paid jobs.

ee also

*Productive and unproductive labour
*Value added
*Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive

References

* [http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/mtus/index.php Origin of Time Use surveys]
* [http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/misoc/timeuse/ British ESRC Time Use programme]
* [http://www5.cao.go.jp/98/g/19981105g-unpaid-e.html Japanese info] [http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/shakai/1.htm #2]
* [http://www.newint.org/issue181/facts.htm Info from Germany and some other countries]
* [http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm United States info] [http://www.bls.gov/tus/home.htm #2]
* [http://www.cev.be/Documents%5CFacts&Figures_UK.pdf British info] [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=3720 #2]
* [http://www.psa.org.nz/library/other/statistics%20nz/statistics%20nz%20-%20measuring%20unpaid%20work%20in%20new%20zealand%20-%201999.pdf Info from New Zealand]
* [http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/991109/d991109a.htm Canadian info] [http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/4503.htm #2]


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