1. HETUS Database 2010 Report on the progress of the work
Hannu Pääkkönen
Working Group ”Time Use Survey”, Luxembourg, 13–14 January 2016

2. 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

3. Participating countries 2010
Data collection Country
2008– Italy, Austria
2009– Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary, Finland, Macedonia (?)
2010– Romania, Norway, Serbia
2011– Netherlands, Greece
2012– Belgium, Germany, Poland
2014– UK, Luxembourg, Turkey (?)
13–14 January 2016
Hannu Pääkkönen

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Current state of the filling of the Metadata Handler18
Paavo Väisänen

19. Next countries Austria Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Poland UK
Macedonia?
Turkey?
13–14 January 2016
Hannu Pääkkönen

20. Contacts Hannu Pääkkönen hannu.paakkonen@stat.fi
Riitta Hanifi (activity classification)
Pirjo Hyytiäinen (IT)
Paavo Väisänen (metadata, weighting)
13–14 January 2016
Hannu Pääkkönen