Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Time Use and the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS) Francesca Grum, Chief Social and Housing Statistics Section UNSD

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division What are Time Use Statistics? Amount of time individuals “spend” or allocate on specific activities (typically over 24 hours) They shed light on: →What individuals in the reference population do or the activities they engage in →How much time is spent doing each of these activities

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Availability of data  TUS since 1990: 185 Time use surveys were conducted worldwide →92 (50%) in “countries in developing regions” →93 (50%) in “developed countries” In total 85 distinct countries: →28 “developed countries” (80% of total conducted a TUS) →57 “developing countries” (36% of total conducted a TUS)

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Time Use Data for gender statistics

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Growing interest: Time Use Statistics and their Policy Relevance Unpaid Work –All productive activities –Satellite accounts –Volunteering Quality of Life –Leisure –Life balance –Time poverty –Well-being –Learning –ICT use Gender –Women’s contributions to economy –Work distribution –Work/Life balance Leisure –Access/Consumption –Culture –Media Use –Sports Paid Work –Hours of work –Unemployment –Underemployment Health –Exposure –Physical activity –Sleep Travel –Commuting –Patterns and modes Environment/Energy –Energy Use –Carbon footprint Populations –Children –Persons with disabilities –Low income households –Older people Care –Adult Care –Child Care –Pet Care

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Time Use Surveys Different options/costs: 24 hour diary vs stylized questions Self-reported vs. recall interview  Full diary –Reliability of data –Simultaneous activities Particularly relevant for gender analysis

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division UN Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics: ICATUS ICATUS is an “international classification” “ICATUS is intended to be a standard classification of all activities that the general population may spend time on during the 24 hours of a day. Its main purpose is to provide a set of activity categories that can be utilized in producing meaningful statistics on Time Use” (United Nations, 2005) “Umbrella classification”: consistent with other major regional classification such as HETUS or CAUTAL In 2012 revision, particular attention to leave room for national adjustments

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division ICATUS Main objective: to delineate the boundaries of paid and unpaid work and productive and non-productive activities ↘Consistent with the 2008 SNA ↘Finalization in progress – impact of new ILO definition of “work” Major divisions of ICATUS 2012 (work in progress) 1.SNA work and related activities 2.Unpaid domestic services for own final use within household 3.Unpaid caregiving services to household members 4.Community services and help to other households 5.Learning 6.Socializing, community participation and religious practice 7.Leisure and sports 8.Self-care and maintenance

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Development of ICATUS 1995: Statistical Commission and Beijing Platform for Action requested the preparation of a classification of time-use activities 1997: first draft classification developed 2000: revised version taking into account experiences from countries and recommendations from experts 2005: published Guide to producing statistics on time- use: measuring paid and unpaid work and trial ICATUS

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division Development of ICATUS Several countries have adapted ICATUS in their collection, tabulation and analysis of data Different forums requested its finalization 2012: Expert group meeting to finalize the Trial October 2013: Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization was adopted by the ICLS

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division In Conclusion Increasing demand for time use statistics from different stakeholders: measuring unpaid work, life-work balance, supplement labour statistics, well-being  Promote the multi-purpose scope! Country capacity to measure and value unpaid work  Training and study tours UN Guidelines on measuring Paid and Unpaid Work  Available online ICATUS to be finalized  UN Stat Commission

Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics 4 – 6 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji United Nations Statistics Division UNSD website on Time Use: ns/tuse/default.aspx ns/tuse/default.aspx