Time-use survey

Objectives

The objective of the Time-Use survey is to identify, classify and quantify the main types of activity that people engage in during a definitive time period, e.g. a year, a month, etc. Many surveys are used for calculation of unpaid work done by women as well as men in particular locality.

File:Time spent on activities on an average day, by sex, Sweden, OWID.svg File:Time spent on domestic work, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on free time activities, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on gainful work-study, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on leisure, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on leisure, social, and associative life per day, OWID.svg File:Time spent on meals and personal care, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on paid work or study, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on personal care, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on unpaid work, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent sleeping, per day, men vs women, OWID.svg File:Time spent on activities in an average day, OWID.svg

File:Time spent in domestic work, female vs. male, OWID.svg

References

• Origin of Time Use surveys
• British ESRC Time Use programme
• Japanese info #2
• Info from Germany and some other countries
• United States info #2
• British info #2
• Info from Statistics New Zealand
• Canadian info #2
• United Nations, Guide to Producing Statistics on Time-use Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work. New York: United Nations, 2005.