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

2. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 211-13 September, 2006 The UNECE Task Force on Time- Use Surveys  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  Task Force : collection and dissemination of relevant information through the web pages of the UNECE Gender Statistics Website.

3. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 311-13 September, 2006 Purpose of the Time-Use Webpages  Intended to serve as a useful source of information for the countries planning to carry out a Time-Use Survey  They provide information on: Data collection modes Specifications for survey design and data collection/processing/dissemination Classifications and codings Data available from national TUS

4. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 411-13 September, 2006 International Guidelines  Trial international classification of activities for time-use statistics- United 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, 2004 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

5. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 511-13 September, 2006 National Methodologies (1) Australia Canada Dominican republic Iran Mexico New Zealand Slovenia South Africa Spain United Kingdom United States Multinational Time Use Survey

6. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 611-13 September, 2006 National Methodologies (2)  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

7. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 711-13 September, 2006 Surveys (1)  Netherlands, 20002000  New Zealand, 1998-19991998-1999  Northern Ireland, 20042004  Norway, 20002000  Portugal, 1999, 200119992001  Spain, 2002-20032002-2003  UK, 2000, 200520002005  United States, 20042004  Armenia, 20042004  Australia, 1992, 199719921997  Belgium, 1966, 19991966, 1999  Canada, 20052005  Finland, 1979, 1988, 20001979, 1988, 2000  India, 19991999  Ireland, 20052005  Japan, 20012001  Lithuania, 20032003  Mongolia, 2000  MTUS, Multinational Time Use SurveyMultinational Time Use Survey

8. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 811-13 September, 2006 Surveys (2)  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

9. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 911-13 September, 2006 POTENTIAL USERS  Are you looking for data from national TUS? You can look at the Statistical Data  Are you looking for the diaries used? You can look at Diaries and Questionnaires  Would you like to know about indicators produced with TUS? You can look at Data Reports  Are you interested in challenges met in conducting TUS? You can look at Papers on Methodological Issues

10. Piera Tortora - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 1011-13 September, 2006 Future Developments  ECE will continue broadening its collection of information on TUS from all countries  Any suggestions from users and potential users are most welcomed  Help us shape the web pages so that they can improve in being informative and easily accessible!

11. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division THANK YOU! http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/time use/Welcome.html