HETUS Database 2010 Report on the progress of the work Hannu Pääkkönen Working Group ”Time Use Survey”, Luxembourg, 13–14 January 2016
HETUS Database 2010 Statistics Finland collects the data to construct the database with a grant from Eurostat during 2014 to 2016 Data dissemination by Eurostat with the use of standard Eurostat Tools (Eurobase, online publications, etc.) The data files are sent and received using Eurostat's eDAMIS system Metadata is used online with the European Statistical System Metadata Handler (ESS-MH) tool Nearly 20 countries participate 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Participating countries 2010 Data collection Country 2008–2009 Italy, Austria 2009–2010 Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary, Finland, Macedonia (?) 2010–2011 Romania, Norway, Serbia 2011–2012 Netherlands, Greece 2012–2013 Belgium, Germany, Poland 2014–2015 UK, Luxembourg, Turkey (?) 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Data files INDFILE Individual and household information file • Person as a unit DDFILE Diary day file • Day as a unit EFILE Episode file (in “calendar format”) • Day as a unit 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Individual and household information file INDFILE Linking variables (YEAR, HID, PID, COUNTRY) Household composition variables (HHC1 to HHC5) Household circumstance variables (HHQ1 to HHQ10f) Child care Dwelling Durables Income Help with care 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Individual and household information file INDFILE Individual background and circumstance variables (INC1 to IND29) Basic demographic details Employment Income Unemployment and job search Activities of people who are not working Education Health Feel rushed Country of birth Country of citizenship 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Individual and household information file INDFILE Background information on the spouse/partner (IND30 TO IND45) Individual response weight (WGHT2) 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Diary day file DDFILE Linking variables (YEAR, HID, PID, DIARY, COUNTRY) Diary day variables (DDV1 to DDV9) Day of week Day, month, year Type of day Feel rushed on the diary day Starting time of the first activity Ending time of the last activity Combined individual response and day weight (WGHT1) 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Episode file EFILE Linking variables (YEAR, HID, PID, DIARY, COUNTRY) Primary activity (Mact1 to Mact144 ) Secondary activity (Sactn1 to Sactn144 ) Mode of transport and location (Where1 to Where144) Who else is present (Alone1 to Wotherp144) Alone, Wpartner, Wparent, Wchild, Wotherh, Wotherp Use of computer/internet in the main activity (Mcom1 to Mcom144) Use of computer/internet in the secondary activity (Scom1 to Scom144) 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Episode file EFILE: aggregated diary variables Aggregated main activity groups (51 categories) Secondary activities (22 categories) Location and mode of transport (13 categories) 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Metadata – The ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS) 1. Contact 2. Introduction 3. Quality management - assessment 4. Relevance 5. Accuracy and reliability 6. Timeliness and punctuality 7. Accessibility and clarity 8. Comparability 9. Coherence 10. Cost and Burden 11. Confidentiality 12. Statistical processing 13. Comment 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Harmonisation of data at Statistics Finland Checking data with SAS programs Checking consistency between countries Producing control tables Conversion of the 3-digit HETUS codes and location codes Nonresponse checking Calculating quality measures / indicators of diary data Weighting analyses 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Current state of the project Data received from 11 countries Data sent to Eurostat from eight countries: Finland, Spain, France, Serbia, Romania, Italy, Estonia, Hungary Under work: Greece, Norway, Germany Checking the data => contact with the countries Control tables => contact with the countries Meta data => contact with the countries Reception of national data files by 31 August 2016 Sending data files and the Quality Report to Eurostat by 31 December 2016 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Problems in comparability: background variables Child care variables How many rooms Own or rent home Appliances Income variables Help variables Age (population varies between countries) Occupation Fixed start and finishing time Usual weekly working hours (main and second jobs) ILO employment and unemployment Work in private or public sector Fixed start and finishing time at work Level of education currently receiving and completed Chronic physical or mental health condition How often feel rushed Children under 18, contact Cohabiting 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Problems in comparability: background variables continued Car or motorbike driving licence Country of birth Country of citizenship Cohabiting Spouse variables 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Problems in comparability: diary day variables Did diarist feel rushed on the diary day What kind of day was the diary day Starting time of the first activity Starting time of the last activity 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Problems in comparability: time use variables Other help of a dependent adult household member Help to a non dependent adult household member Informal help to other households Collecting Binary code (secondary activity) Location Being together 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Current state of the filling of the Metadata Handler 18 Paavo Väisänen
Next countries Austria Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Poland UK Macedonia? Turkey? 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen
Contacts Hannu Pääkkönen hannu.paakkonen@stat.fi Riitta Hanifi (activity classification) riitta.hanifi@stat.fi Pirjo Hyytiäinen (IT) pirjo.hyytiainen@stat.fi Paavo Väisänen (metadata, weighting) paavo.vaisanen@stat.fi 13–14 January 2016 Hannu Pääkkönen