1. Formats of the files Hannu Pääkkönen
Eurostat Technical Group “Time Use Survey”, 17 July 2014

2. Data files
INDFILE Individual and household information file • Person as a unit
DDFILE Diary day file • Day as a unit
EFILE Episode file • Day as a unit
You can name a file according to the file specification and by adding your country code to the end, e.g. indfile_FI.sas7bdat.
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3. Data files
Only data concerning persons aged 10 and over with at least one completed diary are included in the files
Data from all members of the household are not necessarily needed
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4. File formats The following file formats are recommended:
SAS ver. 8.2 or later
SAS portable file
SPSS ver. 11 or later
SPSS portable file
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5. National deviations
The definitions of the variables in the HETUS Guidelines
Describe national deviations in the Excel file
Send this document back to Statistics Finland
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6. Missing value conventions (in hierarchical order)
-6 Question not asked by the country -1 Not applicable (question not asked of diarist) -7 Refusal -8 Don’t know (only for questions for which a don’t know option was available) -9 Not available (no answer)
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7. Individual and household information file INDFILE
The variables included in the 2000 database
New variables from the 2008 Guidelines
Some variables have changed
New variable name: e.g. HHQ3_1
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8. Individual and household information file INDFILE
Linking variables (HID, PID, COUNTRY)
Household composition variables (HHC1 to HHC5)
Household circumstances variables (HHQ1 to HHQ10f)
o child care
o dwelling
o durables
O income
o help with domestic tasks
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9. Individual and household information file INDFILE
Individual background and circumstance variables (INC1 to IND42_2)
o basic demographic details
o employment
o income
o unemployment and job search
o education
o health
o country of birth, citizenship
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10. Individual and household information file INDFILE
Background information on the spouse/partner (IND30 TO IND37)
Individual response weight (WGHT2)
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11. Country of birth
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12. Country of citizenship
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13. Diary day file DDFILE Linking variables (HID, PID, DIARY, COUNTRY)
Diary day variables (DDV1 to DDV7)
Combined individual response and day weight (WGHT1)
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14. Background questions?
2 At what time did you start the activity you were doing at the beginning of the diary day (04.00 am)? |___|___||___|___|
Hh Mm
3 At what time did you stop doing the activity you were doing at the end of the diary day?
|___|___||___|___|
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15. Episode file EFILE Linking variables (HID, PID, DIARY, COUNTRY)
Primary activity (Mact1 to Mact144 )
Secondary activity (Sact1 to Sact144, Sactn1 to Sactn144)
Mode of transport and location (Where1 to Where144)
Who else is present (Withn1 to Withn144)
Binary code, main activity (Mcom1 to Mcom144)
Binary code, main activity (Scom1 to Scom144)
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16. Episode file EFILE
YEAR HID PID DIARY COUNTRY Mact1-Mact144 Sact1-Sact144 Sactn1-Sactn144 Where1-Where144 With1n-Withn144 Mcom1-Mcom144 Scom1-Scom144
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17. Example: Computing as a main activity, Finland 2009–2010, aged 10+ years
Hannu Pääkkönen
08/06/2012

18. Other main activity and a computer or Internet used, Finland 2009–2010, aged 10+ years
Hannu Pääkkönen
08/06/2012

19. Next steps Questions about diary codes:
“Do you have or able to create this activity category?”
The first country ?
Checking the data => contacts with the NSIs
Aggregation of background variables
Conversion of 3-digit primary and secondary activity codes to the aggregate classification at Statistics Finland
Conversion of location codes
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20. Control tables Three control tables will be sent to the NSIs:
1. Time use of population by life cycle and sex
2. Location of population by sex
3. Time use of population by age
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21. Control table 1
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22. Control table 2
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23. Control table 3
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24. Next steps Possible corrections => contacts with the NSIs
Delivery in stages to Eurostat => December 2016
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25. Contacts Hannu Pääkkönen hannu.paakkonen@stat.fi
Riitta Hanifi (activity classification)
Pirjo Hyytiäinen (IT)
Paavo Väisänen (metadata, weighting)
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