Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations...

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji

United Nations Statistics Division

Time Use and the International Classification of Activities for Time Use

Statistics (ICATUS)

Francesca Grum, Chief

Social and Housing Statistics Section

UNSD



What are Time Use Statistics?

• Amount of time individuals “spend” or allocate on specific activities (typically over 24 hours)

• They shed light on:→ What individuals in the

reference population do or the activities they engage in

→ How much time is spent doing each of these activities



Availability of data

TUS since 1990:• 185 Time use surveys were conducted worldwide→92 (50%) in “countries in developing regions”→93 (50%) in “developed countries”

• In total 85 distinct countries:→28 “developed countries” (80% of total conducted a TUS)→57 “developing countries” (36% of total conducted a TUS)



Time Use Data for gender statistics



Growing interest: Time Use Statistics and their Policy Relevance

• Unpaid Work– All productive activities– Satellite accounts– Volunteering

• Quality of Life– Leisure – Life balance– Time poverty– Well-being– Learning– ICT use

• Gender– Women’s contributions

to economy– Work distribution– Work/Life balance

• Leisure– Access/Consumption– Culture– Media Use– Sports

• Paid Work– Hours of work – Unemployment– Underemployment

• Health– Exposure– Physical activity– Sleep

• Travel– Commuting – Patterns and modes

• Environment/Energy– Energy Use – Carbon footprint

• Populations– Children– Persons with disabilities– Low income households– Older people

• Care– Adult Care– Child Care – Pet Care



Time Use Surveys

Different options/costs:•24 hour diary vs stylized questions

•Self-reported vs. recall interview

Full diary

– Reliability of data– Simultaneous activities

Particularly relevant for gender analysis



UN Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics: ICATUS• ICATUS is an “international classification”

• “ICATUS is intended to be a standard classification of all activities that the general population may spend time on during the 24 hours of a day. Its main purpose is to provide a set of activity categories that can be utilized in producing meaningful statistics on Time Use” (United Nations, 2005)

• “Umbrella classification”: consistent with other major regional classification such as HETUS or CAUTAL

• In 2012 revision, particular attention to leave room for national adjustments



ICATUS

• Main objective: to delineate the boundaries of paid and unpaid work and productive and non-productive activities

↘ Consistent with the 2008 SNA

↘ Finalization in progress – impact of new ILO definition of “work”

Major divisions of ICATUS 2012 (work in progress)1.SNA work and related activities2.Unpaid domestic services for own final use within household3.Unpaid caregiving services to household members4.Community services and help to other households5.Learning6.Socializing, community participation and religious practice7.Leisure and sports8.Self-care and maintenance



Development of ICATUS



In Conclusion• Increasing demand for time use statistics from

different stakeholders: measuring unpaid work, life-work balance, supplement labour statistics, well-being Promote the multi-purpose scope!

• Country capacity to measure and value unpaid work Training and study tours

• UN Guidelines on measuring Paid and Unpaid Work Available online

• ICATUS to be finalized UN Stat Commission



UNSD website on Time Use: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/tuse/default.aspx

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