Time Use survey Republic of Moldova UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, 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 UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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) UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology Population Accordingly to HETUS: Resident population of the country living in private households (at domestic addresses); Persons aged 10 years and above. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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 households. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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). UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology Selection of diary days and coverage of the year Moldova TUS is conducted during the period June 1 st, 2011 – May 31 st, 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. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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? UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology 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 UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey methodology The activity classification list HETUS: The recommended Activity coding list 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. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Why TUS didn’t follow the all HETUS recommendations?  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 UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

What are the main problems? 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. UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 Structure of one day (all days) UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per surveyed population, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Survey results: Summer, 2011 On average per person engaged in these activities, all days UNECE Work Session on Gender statistics, March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Thank you for your attention! Elena VATCARAU Labour Market Statistics Division National Bureau of Statistics Republic of Moldova