1. Time Use Surveys Seminar Brussels, 12 October 2006 Development of TUS over the past years and planning of future actions Anatole Tokofai, Eurostat, Labour Market Statistics Unit

2. Pilot surveys Hetus Guidelines 2000 Time use surveys on the period 1998- 2004 Exploitation of TUS Results: - Pocketbook publication, 2 working papers, SiFs, TUS Database, Update of TUS Methodology Planning of next wave of national TUS Outline

3. Need for increased comparability of TUS data recognised by the ESS SPC supported the carrying out of pilot surveys – conducted by 20 countries Objective: improve survey tools TUS Pilots Surveys

4. Mandate to Eurostat to workout recommendations for harmonised European TUS (Hetus Guidelines) Guidelines developed in collaboration bewteen NSIs and Eurostat, published in Sep. 2000 Main components: directions for survey forms, household and ind. questionnaires, adult+child diary, activity coding, fieldwork, basic tables, estimators Harmonised European TUS Guidelines

5. Conducted by 15 NSIs largely in compliance with Hetus Guidelines – 1998-2004 NSIs having conducted harmonised TUS: BE, DE, EE, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, PL, SI, FI, SE, UK, NO Certain deviations from Hetus guidelines for DK, NL, RO Harmonised national TUS

6. Pocketbook on ‘How European Spend their Time’, production coordinated by Statistics Finland. Very Successfull publication towards policy-makers and gen. public 2 Working Papers (2005, 2006) enabling to disseminate comparable TUS tables to reserachers 2 SiFs (2003, 2006) Other actions: press releases ( e.g. Women’s day 8th March, UN Int’l day of older persons, 1st October ) Exploitation of HETUS data

7. Project ‘A Wider Use of TUS data’ Objectives: - investigate how policy-makers can more effectively use TUS data - find ways of analysis and presentation of TUS data that contribute to enhanced knowledge, particularly in policy areas. Main recommendations -develop TUS topic-based publications -support the light-diary experiment for more timely data production -experiment IT-related data collection methods -explore the use weekly diary of working hours relevant for employment policy Exploitation of HETUS data (cont´.)

8. Harmonised TUS Database Project First step: 8 countries: DE, ES, FR, IT, FI, SE, UK NO Second step: 7 countries: BG, EE, LV, LT, PL, SI and possibly BE Klas Rydenstam of Statistics Sweden will make a presentation of the Harmonised Database and its Tabulation System in item 2 of the Agenda Exploitation of HETUS data (cont´.)

9. Update, improvement of the Guidelines on the basis of experience gained on the 1st wave of TUS was proposed and agreed at the WG meeting of June 2005 Objective: finalise the update before a new wave is started by NSIs by 2008- 2010 Task Force established in 2005 to assist NSIs and Eurostat to carry out the methodology update Update of Hetus Guidelines

10. TF meeting Nov. 2005 Main concusions: -address the diary format (location and ‘with whom’ variables) -Promote the use of the weekly schedule of working hours -update of activity classification should rely on cross-national analyses of coding practices -tasks relating to fieldwork preparation (diary design, household and individual, range of purposes and instruments, sample design and population coverage) should be prioritised -tasks more related to post-field work (revised activity coding list; basic tables, light diary) to be given more preparation time and completed in 2-3 years, by end 2008 - consult NSIs having conducted HETUS surveys; learn from their experience and include their recommendations Update of Hetus Guidelines

11. TF meeting Mar. 2006 Main concusions: -Sample design and population coverage: no major change, population coverage to be as large as possible; diary days over whole year including vacations -Household and individual variables: first review and classification into 3 categories (core, voluntary, deleted) -Proposal: to possibly use the results of Eurostat on-going project of definition of core variables (for ex. employment status) in social statistics & Strategy for collecting income variables -Diary design: necessary to know deviations made by and difficulties encountered by NSIs. Discussion on inclusion of location colum; meaning of ‘with whom column’ -Questionnaire on evaluation of Hetus Guidelines 2000 sent to NSIs in June 2006 -Replies from NSIs received in Aug. 2006, being analysed in detail, as important input to the future work of TF Update of Hetus Guidelines (cont.)

12. National plans for a next wave of TUS CountryForeseen schedule Comment Belgium2005After the survey of 2005, a next wave is foreseen in 2010-2011 Germany National plan to be confirmed Estonia2009/2010EE is planning a TUS by 2009/2010 Greece2008Likely date 2008 if funding if secured Spain2007/2008ES plans a TUS probably in 2007/2008 France2008/2009 Italy2007/2008 Latvia2014Likely date for a TUS is 2014. A light diary survey may be organised in 2008/2009 LithuaniaNot before 2010 Difficult to have precise plan at this moment. Depends on financial resources Luxembourg National plan to be confirmed Hungary2008/2009Plan depends on financial resources

13. National plans for a next wave of TUS (cont.) CountryForeseen schedule Comment Netherlands2005/2006 Poland2014Likely in 2014. Impossible to have a precise plan at this moment Slovenia2010Budget planning for surveys in done 3 years in advance. It is difficult to have a precise planning at this moment. TUS could be carried out by 2010 Slovak Republic SK participated in past meetings and prepared a draft based on HETUS guidelines, with a plan to carry out TUS in 2002-2004. The plan was not accepted. Currently, there’s difficulty to raise funding for a TUS. There is plan to realise the survey and material has been prepared for this purpose, but it’s not sure if the plan will be realised.

14. National plans for a next wave of TUS (cont.) CountryForeseen schedule Comment Finland2009FI plans a TUS probably in 2009 SwedenNot before 2010 SE will probably not conduct a TUS before 2010 United Kingdom 2010UK is doing a light diary survey in 4 months of 2005. Earliest time for a HETUS survey would be 2010 BulgariaNot before 2010 It is likely that TUS will not be launched before 2010 Romania2008/2009 Turkey2006TR conducted a pilot survey in 1996. The next TUS will likely be in 2006 Norway2009