Conducting Time-Use Surveys Employing Rigorous Methods to Produce Quality Data

Indira Hirway ()
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The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2021, vol. 64, issue 4, No 3, 883-898

Abstract: Abstract It is now widely accepted that a time-use survey can provide better estimates of the workforce/labour force and can also add rich additional information on the LFS. However, the status of time-use surveys in the global south today is poor in the sense that the surveys have not been able to provide always the quality data produced through rigorous concepts and methods. This paper discusses the problems and shows the way to move forward. In the first part of the paper, it discusses the major constraints and problems of these countries. There are two major categories of these problems: (1) problems related to designing the different components of time-use survey and (2) problems related to collecting data on the time use of people. It is argued that the first part of the problems, which are related to harmonization and standardization of concepts, can be resolved by a well-designed Guidebook. UNSD is already published one Guidebook in 2004, and it is revising the Guidebook to add new developments. The second category of problems is tough and needs expert support. ILO and UNSD have done good work in this area. Based on this work as well as the reviews done of time-use surveys in the global south, the author presents a way forward.

Keywords: Conducting TUS; Global south; Collecting data; ILO; UNSD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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