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Exploring Time Use Surveys: Insights from Michael Bittman on Context and Variables

This document discusses the essential elements of time use surveys as presented by Michael Bittman at the UNSD EGM on ICATUS. It emphasizes the importance of background questionnaires, detailing demographics, household composition, and key variables such as health conditions and caregiving responsibilities. The use of time diaries is outlined, highlighting the need to capture start and finish times of activities and contextual factors like location and transport mode. Additionally, it addresses discrepancies in caregiver data and calls for improved methods in identifying and estimating time spent on caregiving.

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Exploring Time Use Surveys: Insights from Michael Bittman on Context and Variables

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  1. Context variables in time use surveys Michael Bittman 13 June 2012, UNSD, EGM on ICATUS

  2. Elements of time use survey • Background questionnaire (including household form) Provides key information on • household (composition etc.), • respondents (demographics, labour force status) and • some other crucial variables(health conditions, care-givers flag, non-parental childcare, outsourced household services)

  3. Hours per week housework Husband’s share of couples’ income

  4. Elements of time use survey • Background questionnaire (including household form) Provides key information on • household (composition etc.), • respondents (demographics, labour force status) and • some other crucial variables(health conditions, care-givers flag, non-parental childcare, outsourced household services)

  5. Elements of time use survey…2 2. Time diary or best substitute • Ideally start, finish times of primary and secondary activities • Some question about the kind of day the diary day was • Often some global questions about ‘time pressure’ or the reverse • and some information about ‘context of activities’, typically * ‘where’ activity took place * If in motion, ‘mode of transport’ * ’company’ present when activity took place (includes ‘alone”) * ‘For whom’ activity was undertaken * Whether ‘paid’ or not * Whether ICT device used during this activity

  6. Trends in walking USA 1965-2003

  7. Mobile phone use from context variable in 2007 Time Diary

  8. Some difficulties measuring elder care • ABS data had ‘care-giver’ flag, with tough eligibility criteria • Yet mean time spent in ‘caring for adults’ very low, much lower that expected from other sources • Problem of non-self-identifying care-givers • However, care-giver had a distinctively high domestic labour times – i.e. long in cooking, laundry and cleaning than comparable non-care-givers • Issues with joint production? • A care-givers’ ‘time signature’, can be used to revise estimate and reach hidden carers

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