1. Point 6. Eurostat plans for Time Use Survey data processing and dissemination
Working Group on Time Use Surveys 10 April 2013

2. Action 1. Development of a database with Time Use microdata.
Action 2. Development and maintenance of the data dissemination tool (tabulation software).
Action 3. Transcoding of the nationally collected data into format requested for the European processing and dissemination.

3. Action 1. Development of a database with microdata
To build harmonised microdata database for the 2010 wave of the Time Use surveys and document the data quality.
In case there is data not yet included in the 2000 wave and it is available and suitable, then this data should also be added to the database where possible.
All data transmission will be done via eDAMIS

4. Action 2. Development and maintenance of the data dissemination tool
To perform feasibility study on variance estimation and implement the results (if possible)
To develop programmes producing pre-defined and user-defined statistical tables
A set of tables to be disseminated in the Eurobase will be prepared
To manage maintenance

5. To prepare and transmit national Time Use microdata
Action 3. Transcoding
To prepare and transmit national Time Use microdata
Data transmission according to the rules applicable to statistical confidential microdata and via eDAMIS
Action requires transmission of confidential data so may only be implemented within the framework of the European Statistical System (ESS)
The Eurostat Working Group on Statistical Confidentiality shall be informed about the database
To prepare and transmit national Time Use microdata so that a multinational database (action 1) can be build. All the data transmission will take place according to the rules applicable to statistical confidential microdata. All data transmission will be done via eDAMIS
The Time Use microdata are to be transmitted to the beneficiary selected for developing the multinational Time Use database (action 1). (After development of the database, the beneficiary of action 1 will transmit the Time Use microdata to the beneficiary of action 2, which will have been selected for developing the tabulation programmes and for running the second phase of the multinational database and to Eurostat.)
By sending a grant application for action 3, the applicant makes a commitment to transfer confidential Time Use data to the beneficiary of action 1 and to the use of the data for further processing for statistical purposes by the beneficiaries of actions 1 and 2 and by Eurostat.
Since the present action requires transmission of confidential data, the actions may only be implemented within the framework of the European Statistical System (ESS). The Eurostat Working Group on Statistical Confidentiality shall be informed about the database.

6. The action 3 is closely linked to the first two actions being launched, in parallel, by Eurostat. The grants for the action 3 will only be awarded if a grant is awarded to carry out the actions 1 and 2.

7. expected results Action 1
Microdata database
Documentation of the database
Meta information concerning the applied statistical methods needed for understanding the structure of the sample design, estimation procedures and data collection.
Control tables to be checked by countries providing data
Quality report for the harmonised multinational Time Use data

8. expected results Action 2
Report on feasibility of the variance estimation of the TUS indicators
Relevant computations incorporated into the tool (if positive results of feasibility study)
Tabulation tool for production of Time Use pre-defined and user-defined tables
Additionally to indicators relevant to a particular year of the survey, some specific tables allowing analysis of the phenomena over time (between the two waves or two reference years) should be foreseen
Manual for producing TUS-tables
Documentation of programmes

9. expected results Action 2
A set of tables to be disseminated in the Eurobase (see: Time use survey - collection round 2000 (tus) under the following link:
Additionally a few other tables, covering new or interesting information, which could be defined after the data analysis, should be foreseen

10. expected results Action 3
Harmonised Time Use dataset and documentation
Weights and information about the estimation procedure should be included so that national results can be reproduced.

11. Milestones Action 1
Detailed timetable for the implementation
The development of the database and loading of a pilot country
Agreement with the NSIs delivering data to the multinational database of the detailed specifications of the contents and format of the files to be delivered
Agreement with the beneficiary of action 2, developing the programmes for tabulation of the detailed specifications of the contents and format of the database to be delivered

12. Milestones Action 1
Reception of national data files
Data checking and harmonisation
Loading data into the multinational database
Stepwise delivery of an updated multinational database to the beneficiary of action 2
Management of the quality of the data collection (drafting of the quality report for the harmonised multinational Time Use data)
Delivery of the final and complete microdata database to Eurostat

13. Milestones Action 2
Agreement with the beneficiary of action 1 on the detailed specifications of the contents and format of the database to be delivered
Incorporation of statistical tables of countries with non-comparable microdata
Incorporation of new countries’ microdata when these are considered as sufficiently comparable by beneficiary of action 1
Development/update of Time Use specific tabulation tool
Maintenance and running of the Time Use-database and the tabulation programmes until end of 2018

14. Transmission of national data files for the database.
Milestones Action 3
Build national data files, recodification of data – particularly activity codes
Transmission of national data files for the database.
Checking and approval of control tables
Transmission of documentation (national quality reports ESS standards)
Agreement with the beneficiary of action 1 setting up the multinational database of the detailed specifications of the contents and format of the files to be delivered
Build national data files with specified contents and format, recodification of data – particularly activity codes
Transmission of national data files for the database.
Transmission of documentation, including national quality reports on the Tim Use data
Co-operation with beneficiary of action 1 setting up the database during the harmonisation work and quality control (checking and approval of control tables)
Co-operation with the beneficiary of action 2, developing programmes to produce statistical Time Use-tables during the estimation work and quality control (checking of control tables)
Any data transmission will be done via eDAMIS, the quality report will be delivered in as defined by the beneficiary of action 1 and using the standard ESS quality report structure.

15. Project implementation timetable
Action 1
Action 2
development of the tabulation tool
variance feasibility and implementation maintenance
Actions 3
The action 1 should start in the 1st quarter 2014 and last till the successful reception of data coming from the last country (expected around third quarter of 2016).
In total, the action 2 should start in 1st quarter 2014 and last till the end of 2018
The feasibility study should be performed sufficiently early to allow potential full implementation of the calculation tool at latest the 4th quarter of 2015
The action 3 should start at the earliest two months after start of the action 1 in spring 2014 and last around six months.
The last country conducting the action 3 should be able to finalize the work till the September 2016

16. Financial procedure timetable (tentative)
Call for proposal - End of April 2013
Deadlines for reply to the call - 1 week of June 2013
Evaluation – end of June 2013
Signature of the grants – beginning of September 2013

17. Attention The grants will be addressed only to the National Statistical Institutes and other national authorities responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics as designated by Member States. If the potential grant beneficiary is not listed as one of the authority described above, a relevant NSI will have to perform a procedure of inclusion of the body to the list (see:

18. Discussion
Any problems from the national perspective
National experience on calculation of variance estimation for the TUS indicators
If the national data was not delivered to the European database during the last data collection exercise, is there a possibility of such delivery (bearing in mind the reference year of the survey 10 year intervals them)
What do you think about the option of delivering the tabulated data only if the microdata will not be comparable? (see milestones of action 2)