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Time Use and the
International Classification of Activities for Time Use
Statistics (ICATUS)
Francesca Grum, Chief
Social and Housing Statistics Section
UNSD
Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics
4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
United Nations Statistics Division
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
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4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
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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)
Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics
4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
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Time Use Data for gender statistics
Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics
4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
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Growing interest:
Time Use Statistics and their Policy Relevance
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Unpaid Work
All productive activities
Satellite accounts
Volunteering
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Quality of Life
Leisure
Life balance
Time poverty
Well-being
Learning
ICT use
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Gender
Women’s contributions
to economy
Work distribution
Work/Life balance
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Leisure
Access/Consumption
Culture
Media Use
Sports
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Paid Work
Hours of work
Unemployment
Underemployment
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Health
Exposure
Physical activity
Sleep
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Travel
Commuting
Patterns and modes
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Environment/Energy
Energy Use
Carbon footprint
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Populations
Children
Persons with disabilities
Low income households
Older people
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Care
Adult Care
Child Care
Pet Care
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Time Use Surveys
Different options/costs:
•24 hour diary vs stylized
questions
•Self-reported vs. recall interview
 Full diary
– Reliability of data
– Simultaneous activities
Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics
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Particularly relevant
for gender analysis
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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
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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”
Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics
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Major divisions of ICATUS 2012
(work in progress)
1.SNA work and related activities
2.Unpaid domestic services for own final
use within household
3.Unpaid caregiving services to
household members
4.Community services and help to other
households
5.Learning
6.Socializing, community participation
and religious practice
7.Leisure and sports
8.Self-care and maintenance
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Development of ICATUS
1995: Statistical
Commission and
Beijing Platform for
Action requested
the preparation of
a classification of
time-use activities
2000: revised
version taking into
account
experiences from
countries and
recommendations
from experts
1997: first draft
classification
developed
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2005: published
Guide to
producing
statistics on timeuse: measuring
paid and unpaid
work and trial
ICATUS
United Nations Statistics Division
Development of ICATUS
Several countries
have adapted
ICATUS in their
collection,
tabulation and
analysis of data
2012: Expert
group meeting to
finalize the Trial
Different forums
requested its
finalization
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October 2013:
Resolution concerning
statistics of work,
employment and
labour
underutilization was
adopted by the ICLS
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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
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UNSD website on Time Use:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcer
ns/tuse/default.aspx
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4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
United Nations Statistics Division