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Time Use survey Republic of Moldova. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland. The aims. To provide information on how people spend their time: what they do, how much time they spend for some activities: where, when and with whom.
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Time Use surveyRepublic of Moldova UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
The aims • To provide information on how people spend their time: what they do, how much time they spend for some activities: where, when and with whom. • Time use survey was conceived as important source of gender statistics issues: TUS in Moldova is organized and conducted according to the National Program on Ensuring Gender Equality 2010-2015. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
International standards: Guide to Producing statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work, UN, New York, 2005; Harmonised European Time Use Surveys, 2008, guidelines. Moldova: Not in a fully compliance with the Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS) Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Population Accordingly to HETUS: Resident population of the country living in private households (at domestic addresses); Persons aged 10 years and above. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Sample According to HETUS: All members of the household should be included in the sample. To make it possible to analyse intra-household dependencies. Moldova: (!) Only one household member is selected for TUS aims (to fill in the Diary). For selection is used the criterion of the “closest birthday” after the reporting/survey day. The sample size is of 15600 households. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Number of diary days According to HETUS: To use two diary days, i.e. one weekday (Monday-Friday) and one weekend-day (Saturday or Sunday). To get information about intra-personal variation. Moldova: (!) Only one diary day is selected: either one weekday, or one weekend-day. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Selection of diary days and coverage of the year According to HETUS: Diary days/dates should be allocated to households/individuals by a controlled random procedure.Selection of the weekdays and weekend-days must be made uniformly for assuring the representativeness of the data. The survey days/dates should be representative of, and cover a full 12-month period, i.e.365 consecutive days, preferably including holidays (like Christmas and New Year). Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Selection of diary days and coverage of the year Moldova TUS is conducted during the period June 1st, 2011 – May 31st, 2012. Sample design ensures the representativeness of the data for weekdays and weekend-days. The survey fieldwork is spread over 12 consecutive months: a certain number of households are surveyed every day. Selected household and the selected respondent participate only one time during 12 months - each household/respondent has one survey day. (!) The designated date cannot be changed nor by the interviewer nor by the household. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey forms: household and Individual questionnaires According to HETUS: Household Questionnaire Individual Questionnaire for persons aged 10 years and over Moldova: (!) Individual Questionnaire for persons aged 15 years and over. (!) All core questions are comprised. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey forms: Diaries According to HETUS: To use the Adult/Child Diary (instructions, an example for adults, an example for children and a common set of recording sheets): Time slots: 10-minute time slots. Main activity column: What were you doing? Secondary activities column: What else were you doing? “Location: column: Where were you? “With whom” column: Were you alone or together with somebody you know? Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey forms: Weekly schedule of working time According to HETUS: To use Weekly schedule of working time for persons aged 15 years and over which worked during the reference period/week. Moldova: (!) It is not used Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
The activity classification list HETUS: The recommended Activity codinglist should be used for coding main and secondary activities. 0 - Personal care 1 - Employment 2 - Study 3 - Household and family care 4 - Voluntary work and meetings 5 - Social life and entertainment 6 - Sports and outdoor activities 7 - Hobbies and computing 8 - Mass Media 9 - Travel and unspecified time use Moldova: It is adopted. Survey methodology UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
The limited financial and human resources. It wasn’t created a separated Unit. To not increase interviewers/supervisors burden: The fieldwork is carried out by the same personnel involved in two other continuous surveys, LFS and HBS: 150 interviewers; 51 controllers/supervisors; 5 persons in the Labour Market Statistics Division in the NBS Head Office Why TUS didn’t follow the all HETUS recommendations? UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Coding issues The coding of the diary is manually performed by the regional survey supervisors. Problems with monitoring supervisors work; Little accuracy in the coding; Necessity to come back to check daily diaries, to read the original description and to correct coding errors; It takes a lot of time for checking and data processing. What are the main problems? UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011Structure of one day (all days) UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per surveyed population, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 12-15 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Thank you for your attention! Elena VATCARAU Labour Market Statistics Division National Bureau of Statistics Republic of Moldova elena.vatcarau@statistica.md