Time use survey
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A Time Use Survey is a statistical survey which aims to report data on how, on average, people spend their time.
[edit] Objectives
The objective is to identify, classify and quantify the main types of activity that people engage in during a definitive time period, e.g. a year, or a month etc.
[edit] See also
Many a times it is used for calculation of unpaid work done by women as well as men in particular locality.
[edit] 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.
