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Pilot surveys Hetus Guidelines 2000 Time use surveys on the period 1998-2004

Time Use Surveys Seminar Brussels, 12 October 2006 Development of TUS over the past years and planning of future actions Anatole Tokofai, Eurostat, Labour Market Statistics Unit. Outline. Pilot surveys Hetus Guidelines 2000 Time use surveys on the period 1998-2004

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Pilot surveys Hetus Guidelines 2000 Time use surveys on the period 1998-2004

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  1. Time Use Surveys SeminarBrussels, 12 October 2006Development of TUS over the past years and planning of future actionsAnatole Tokofai, Eurostat, Labour Market Statistics Unit

  2. Outline • Pilot surveys • Hetus Guidelines 2000 • Time use surveys on the period 1998-2004 • Exploitation of TUS Results: • - Pocketbook publication, 2 working papers, SiFs, TUS Database, • Update of TUS Methodology • Planning of next wave of national TUS

  3. TUS Pilots Surveys • Need for increased comparability of TUS data recognised by the ESS • SPC supported the carrying out of pilot surveys – conducted by 20 countries • Objective: improve survey tools

  4. Harmonised European TUS Guidelines • Mandate to Eurostat to workout recommendations for harmonised European TUS (Hetus Guidelines) • Guidelines developed in collaboration bewteen NSIs and Eurostat, published in Sep. 2000 • Main components: directions for survey forms, household and ind. questionnaires, adult+child diary, activity coding, fieldwork, basic tables, estimators

  5. Harmonised national TUS • Conducted by 15 NSIs largely in compliance with Hetus Guidelines – 1998-2004 • NSIs having conducted harmonised TUS: BE, DE, EE, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, PL, SI, FI, SE, UK, NO • Certain deviations from Hetus guidelines for DK, NL, RO

  6. Exploitation of HETUS data • Pocketbook on ‘How European Spend their Time’, production coordinated by Statistics Finland. • Very Successfull publication towards policy-makers and gen. public • 2 Working Papers (2005, 2006) enabling to disseminate comparable TUS tables to reserachers • 2 SiFs (2003, 2006) • Other actions: press releases (e.g. Women’s day 8th March, UN Int’l day of older persons, 1st October)

  7. Exploitation of HETUS data (cont´.) • Project ‘A Wider Use of TUS data’ • Objectives: • - investigate how policy-makers can more effectively use TUS data • - find ways of analysis and presentation of TUS data that contribute to enhanced knowledge, particularly in policy areas. • Main recommendations • develop TUS topic-based publications • support the light-diary experiment for more timely data production • experiment IT-related data collection methods • explore the use weekly diary of working hours relevant for employment policy

  8. Exploitation of HETUS data (cont´.) • Harmonised TUS Database Project • First step: 8 countries: DE, ES, FR, IT, FI, SE, UK NO • Second step: 7 countries: BG, EE, LV, LT, PL, SI and possibly BE • Klas Rydenstam of Statistics Sweden will make a presentation of the Harmonised Database and its Tabulation System in item 2 of the Agenda

  9. Update of Hetus Guidelines • Update, improvement of the Guidelines on the basis of experience gained on the 1st wave of TUS was proposed and agreed at the WG meeting of June 2005 • Objective: finalise the update before a new wave is started by NSIs by 2008-2010 • Task Force established in 2005 to assist NSIs and Eurostat to carry out the methodology update

  10. Update of Hetus Guidelines • TF meeting Nov. 2005 • Main concusions: • address the diary format (location and ‘with whom’ variables) • Promote the use of the weekly schedule of working hours • update of activity classification should rely on cross-national analyses of coding practices • tasks relating to fieldwork preparation (diary design, household and individual, range of purposes and instruments, sample design and population coverage) should be prioritised • tasks more related to post-field work (revised activity coding list; basic tables, light diary) to be given more preparation time and completed in 2-3 years, by end 2008 • consult NSIs having conducted HETUS surveys; learn from their experience and include their recommendations

  11. Update of Hetus Guidelines (cont.) • TF meeting Mar. 2006 • Main concusions: • Sample design and population coverage: no major change, population coverage to be as large as possible; diary days over whole year including vacations • Household and individual variables: first review and classification into 3 categories (core, voluntary, deleted) • Proposal: to possibly use the results of Eurostat on-going project of definition of core variables (for ex. employment status) in social statistics & Strategy for collecting income variables • Diary design: necessary to know deviations made by and difficulties encountered by NSIs. Discussion on inclusion of location colum; meaning of ‘with whom column’ • Questionnaire on evaluation of Hetus Guidelines 2000 sent to NSIs in June 2006 • Replies from NSIs received in Aug. 2006, being analysed in detail, as important input to the future work of TF

  12. Country Foreseen schedule Comment National plans for a next wave of TUS Belgium 2005 After the survey of 2005, a next wave is foreseen in 2010-2011 Germany National plan to be confirmed Estonia 2009/2010 EE is planning a TUS by 2009/2010 Greece 2008 Likely date 2008 if funding if secured Spain 2007/2008 ES plans a TUS probably in 2007/2008 France 2008/2009 Italy 2007/2008 Latvia 2014 Likely date for a TUS is 2014. A light diary survey may be organised in 2008/2009 Lithuania Not before 2010 Difficult to have precise plan at this moment. Depends on financial resources Luxembourg National plan to be confirmed Hungary 2008/2009 Plan depends on financial resources

  13. Country Foreseen schedule Comment National plans for a next wave of TUS (cont.) Netherlands 2005/2006 Poland 2014 Likely in 2014. Impossible to have a precise plan at this moment Slovenia 2010 Budget planning for surveys in done 3 years in advance. It is difficult to have a precise planning at this moment. TUS could be carried out by 2010 Slovak Republic SK participated in past meetings and prepared a draft based on HETUS guidelines, with a plan to carry out TUS in 2002-2004. The plan was not accepted. Currently, there’s difficulty to raise funding for a TUS. There is plan to realise the survey and material has been prepared for this purpose, but it’s not sure if the plan will be realised.

  14. Country Foreseen schedule Comment National plans for a next wave of TUS (cont.) Finland 2009 FI plans a TUS probably in 2009 Sweden Not before 2010 SE will probably not conduct a TUS before 2010 United Kingdom 2010 UK is doing a light diary survey in 4 months of 2005. Earliest time for a HETUS survey would be 2010 Bulgaria Not before 2010 It is likely that TUS will not be launched before 2010 Romania 2008/2009 Turkey 2006 TR conducted a pilot survey in 1996. The next TUS will likely be in 2006 Norway 2009

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