Transcript Classifications of Activities for Time Use Statistics International Workshop on Social Statistics Beijing, China, 22-24 November 2010 Margarita F Guerrero, Ph D Regional Advisor on.

Classifications of Activities for
Time Use Statistics
International Workshop on Social Statistics
Beijing, China, 22-24 November 2010
Margarita F Guerrero, Ph D
Regional Advisor on Statistics
[email protected]
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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What are time use data?
 who
 does what
 during a day
 reference population
 activity
 for how long
 how often
 time duration
 number of episodes
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where
with whom
for whom
purpose
 context
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Design of Time Use Surveys:
Basic Components
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Listings of Activities in Pre-Coded Diaries
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24-Hour Diary
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Next step- Activity Coding
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Classification of Activities for Time-use Statistics
Time-use data is all about people’s activities.
A classification of activities for time-use statistics (or
“time use activity classification”
 Is a detailed, comprehensive systematic listing of all
possible activities
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Importance of Time Use Classification
This listing of activities is used to:
 Assess completeness of coverage of activities of women
and men, girls and boys
 Guide the design of survey instruments (e.g.: 24-hour diary
or stylised questionnaire? ‘full’ or ‘light’ time diary?) and
selection of methods
 Guide interviewer in eliciting responses at the level of detail
required for the survey objectives
 Basis for developing coding rules
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“Choice” of Classification
 From objectives of data collection to …
 Framework of analysis of time-use data to
…
 Analytical and tabulation categories of
activities
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Objectives & Classifications
 Historical standard: focus more on non-economic activities
 Multinational Comparative Time Budget Research ProjectÅs framework
 Improving measurement of ‘work’, especially women’s work
and unpaid work
 National -- Armenia, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan,
South Korea, Thailand, South Africa …
 International– Trial International Classification of Activities for
Time Use Statistics (ICATUS)
 Others
 Harmonized European TUS (HETUS)
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United Nations International Classification of
Activities for Time Use Statistics
‘Trial’ ICATUS
ICATUS Approach to Time-Use Classifications
 Improve measurement of SNA work
 Household production of goods for own final use
 Subsistence agriculture
 Collecting firewood
 Fetching water
 Production of household unincorporated enterprises, including
informal sector enterprise
 Provide a basis for valuation of unpaid work
 International comparability
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All Activities
Production*:
Work**
W/in SNA production
boundary
Outside SNA
production boundary
* Productive activity: its performance can be
delegated to another person and yield same desired
results (“third person criterion”)
** Activities within “general production boundary”
Non-production
Learning
Socializing &
Community Participation
‘Free’ time
Mass Media
Personal Care &
Maintenance
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All Activities
Productive*:
Work**
Non-Productive:
Personal
Learning
“SNA-Work”
“Non-SNA Work”
* Productive activity: its performance can be
delegated to another person and yield same desired
results (“third person criterion”)
** Activities within “general production boundary”
Socializing &
Community Participation
Entertainment, sports,
hobbies, games
Mass Media
Personal Care &
Maintenance
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In the ICATUS:
SNA work
01- Work in the “formal sector”
Work in unincorporated household enterprises
02- Primary production activities
03- Non-primary production activities
04- Construction activities
05- Providing services for income
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In the ICATUS:
Non-SNA Work
06- Providing unpaid domestic services for own
final use
07- Providing unpaid care-giving services to
household members
08- Providing community services and help to
other households
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In the ICATUS:
Personal Activities
09- Learning
10- Socialising and community participation
11- Attending/visiting cultural, entertainment and
sports events/venues
12- Engaging in hobbies, games and other pastime
activities
13- Indoor and outdoor sports participation
14- Use of mass media
15- Personal care and maintenance
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Structure and Coding of ICATUS
• Major divisions (15)
• 2-digit codes
• Divisions within major divisions (54)
• 3-digit codes
• Groups within divisions (92)
• 4-digit codes
• Classes within groups (200)
• 5-digit codes
• Subclasses within classes (363)
• 6-digit codes
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Structure of Major Divisions
• Core activities
• Related activities
• Travel
• For example: Major divisions 01 to 05
• Core activities: all work activities
• Related activities: looking for work; setting up business
• Travel: all travel on account of core and related activities
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Classifications & Analytical Framework
Ås* framework:
 Necessary time- serving basic physiologic needs
 Contracted time- gainful employment and school
attendance
 Committed time- ‘obligation’ but for which a
substitute service can be purchased
 Free time- time which remains after other three
types are accounted for
* Dagfinn Ås (1978)
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Classifications & Analytical Framework
Applying the ICATUS:
• Basic framework
• SNA work
• Non-SNA work
• Non-productive activities
• Analysis of household production
• SNA production in the household sector
• Non-SNA production in the household sector
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Classifications & Analytical Framework
ICATUS and Ås* framework:
 Necessary time- 15- Personal Care and
Maintenance
 Contracted time- 01-05 (SNA work); 09 (Learning)
 Committed time- 06-08 (Non-SNA work)
 Free time- 10-14 (time which remains after other
three types are accounted for)
* Dagfinn Ås (1978)
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Classifications & Analytical Framework
Applying the ICATUS: Paid and Unpaid Work
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Harmonised European Time Use Survey:
Activity Coding List
ICATUS AND HETUS
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The Fine Print
• Almost all activities at division level and two-digit level of
both lists are similar
• Distinction between SNA and non-SNA work is more
sharply delineated in ICATUS: examples of differences
• SNA in ICATUS but Non-SNA work in HETUS  Household and
family care
• SNA work in both Household and family care in HETUS (major
construction for own final use)
• SNA work in ICATUS “Productive exercise” like hunting and
fishing in HETUS Sports and outdoor activities
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The Fine Print
• Individual religious practices
• ICATUS: Personal care
• HETUS: Volunteer work and meetings
• Receiving personal and medical services
• ICATUS: Personal care
• HETUS: Household and family care
• Resting
• ICATUS: Personal care
• HETUS: Social life and entertainment
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References
• United Nations (2005). Guide to Producing
Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid
Work
• European Communities (2009). Harmonised
European Time Use Surveys: 2008 Guidelines
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