1. TIME USE SURVEY WORKING GROUP MEETING 13-14.01.2016 LUXEMBOURG
Evrim SULTAN
Demographic Statistics Department
Vital and Gender Statistics Group
Activity List and Coding Procedure
Proposals for Questions 1 & 2

2. Outline The activity coding lists of countries
Which activities should be adapted?
What activities should be included or removed?
Proposals by CTUR and IATUR for adapting, adding and changing activity codes
General discussions and proposals 2 2

3. The activity coding lists of countries
Many countries detailed the HETUS-08 coding system from 3 digits to 4 or 5 digits.
Italy and Belgium 4 codes
Turkey 5 digits
Finland 3 digits
More digits mean that more detailed activity explanations
Which digit number is the best?
Finland, Italy and Belgium sent their Activity code list.

4. Which activities should be adapted? TURKEY
121 Lunch meal/break
031 Washing and dressing and 363 Personal services
Playing with friends from a child’s diary :739 or 383? 614? A new code can be added. From social life? Or hobbies?
Break times in school, 211, 998
Friday prayer by Muslim men at work? From 432 instead of 111?
200:Unspecified study
300: Unspecified household and family care
Travelling code primary or secondary activity?

5. Which activities should be adapted? BELGIUM
514 Telephone conversation
722 Information by computing
723 Communication by computing
729 Other or unspecified computing
731 Solo games and play, gambling
821 Watching TV, video or DVD
Belgium sent their Activity List. (Translation list between BTUS 13 and HETUS 08)

6. Which activities should be adapted? ITALY
The time spent in shopping centers: 519 instead of 361
371 code for all e-government and e-commerce activities?
Italy sent their Activity List and documents about their coding process
Adaptation of HETUS classification to the new definition of work proposed by the ILO
own-use production work
Employment
unpaid trainee work
volunteer work

7. Which activities should be adapted? ITALY
21 SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AND UNPAID TRAINEE WORK
211 Classes and lectures (excluding unpaid trainee work)
212 Homework
213 UNPAID TRAINEE WORK (new)
4 INFORMAL HELP, VOLUNTARY WORK AND PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES
41 ORGANIZATION-BASED VOLUNTEER WORK (hetus 08 : 41)
42 INFORMAL HELP TO RELATIVES LIVING IN OTHER HOUSEHOLDS (hetus 08 : 42)
43 DIRECT VOLUNTEER WORK (hetus 08 : 42)
44 PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES (hetus 08 : 43)

8. Which activities should be adapted?
Finland sent the Finnish coding list of their survey.
Serbia added new activity code under Child care (38) - Supervision of children by another household member, excluding parents and siblings. (388 - Supervision by another household member, excluding parents and siblings)

9. Which activities should be included or removed?
Some codes due to new technology should be added
(For example activities about smart phone: smart phone games, loading application, surfing on internet, sharing photo/video on social media, reading from Kindle or internet)
As Belgium proposed, some current codes should be changed or removed because of the new technology codes (514, 722 etc.)

10. Which activities should be included or removed? TURKEY
Place of activity codes are inadequate. Some new codes should be added.
Other specified location code should be categorized to new codes as: Bank, hospital, sports hall, etc.
Adding-omitting/revision processes were applied for location coding list.

11. Which activities should be included or removed? SERBIA
Serbia added for TUS 2010/2011:
022 - Drinking coffee,
023 – Smoking cigarettes, (Italy: HETUS08, 531 code?)
388 - Supervision by another household member, excluding parents and siblings
This activity 388 is recognised as needed due to the specific situation and family structure that is relatively common in Serbia.

12. Which activities should be included or removed? Belgium
Belgium informed about their BTUS13 codes that included activity clusters for lots of HETUS08 codes.
As: 021 Eating, 031 Washing and dressing, etc.)
(List in the Attachment)

13. Which activities should be included or removed? ITALY
Italy informed about their ICT codes which included codes about new technology
As 2122 Homework on Personel Computer or Internet
(List in the Attachment)
Also they informed about childrens’ codes. (If the age limit of respondents reduces)
As 8211 Watching cartoons and other programs for children

14. Adapting, Adding and Changing Activity Codes CTUR, IATUR
Code for child care by biological and step non-resident parents (particularly fathers)
110-sleep domain
210 - eating domain
Work and study domain
325 - disposal of waste
350 - construction and repair range
531 - resting / time out
810 range
821 - TV range
830 – radio
Location - adding options

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