Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work
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Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work
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2004Üst Veri
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At its thirty-second session, held in
2001, the Statistical Commission endorsed the
preparation of a guide for producing statistics
on measuring paid and unpaid work. On that
occasion, the value of time-use statistics was
noted, “not only for issues related to gender
but also more broadly for quality-of-life
concerns, social accounting, care of the
elderly, estimates of the workforce and total
work accounts”.1 The present Guide is
intended as a response to the interest expressed
by many countries in the development of
methods and concepts in the rapidly evolving
field of time-use statistics.
As this is an emerging area of social
enquiry, many of the unique challenges of
time-use surveys have yet to be fully
addressed. At the same time, great progress
has been made. By offering a wide panorama
of national practices and international
initiatives in the field of time-use statistics, the
present publication seeks to provide further
impetus to the development of time-use
statistics and assist countries interested in
undertaking time-use surveys.
The purpose of the Guide is threefold.
First, it is conceived as a reference tool for
countries interested in conducting time-use
surveys. Second, it is aimed at facilitating the
harmonization of methods and practices in
collecting, processing and disseminating timeuse
statistics. Finally it is meant to solicit
comments and suggestions on the trial
International Classification of Activities for
Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS) which will
subsequently be revised and ultimately
presented for adoption as an international
standard classification.
Several agencies and national
institutions have contributed to this
publication. The United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)2 and the International
Development Research Centre/Canada
supported this work through the project
“Gender Issues and the Measurement of Paid
and Unpaid Work”. Time-use experts, national
statistics offices and international
organizations such as the International Labour
Organization (ILO) provided substantive input
in the review of the initial draft of the trial
ICATUS and the preparation of the technical
papers that formed the basis of this Guide.
This Guide was drafted by Ms. Margarita
Guerrero, a consultant to the United Nations
Statistics Division. Chapters VI and IX were
drafted by Mr. Graham Kalton and Mr. Mike
Brick.