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SURVEY
DESIGN & OBJECTIVES 
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Independent survey
- To develop a conceptual framework
and a suitable methodology for designing and conducting
time use studies in India on a regular basis. Also,
to evolve a methodology to estimate labour force/work
force in the country and to estimate the value of
unpaid work in the economy in a satellite account
- To infer policy/programme implications from the
analysis of the data on (a) distribution of paid and
unpaid work among men and women in rural and urban
areas, (b) nature of unpaid work of women including
the drudgery of their work and (c) sharing of household
work by men and women for gender equity
- To analyze the time use pattern of the individuals
to understand the nature of their work so as to draw
inference for employment and welfare programmes for
men
- To analyze the data of the time use pattern of the
specific section of the population such as chidren
and women to draw inferences for welfare policies
for them
- To collect and analyze the time use pattern of people
in the selected states in India in order to have a
comprehensive information about the time spent by
people on marketed and non-marketed economic activities
covered under the 1993 SNA, non marketed non-SNA activities
covered under the General Production Boundary and
on personal care and related activities that cannot
be delegated to others
- To use the data in generating more reliable estimates
on work force and national income as per 1993 SNA,
and in computing the value of unpaid work through
separate satellite account
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
Recall interview
SURVEY
INSTRUMENTS 
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Description
Main instrument
for recording activities is 4 am to 4 am time diary;
data was collected for three types of days viz. normal,
weekly variant day and abnormal if applicable; activity
recording is per one-hour intervals; if more than
one activity within a one-hour interval, actual time
use in minutes is recorded; post-coding
Household questionnaire lists household members and
demographic characteristics and obtains detailed information
on work; for females aged 18 years or over, whether
member participates in decision-making
Recording of simultaneous activities
All activities that occur within
the one-hour interval are recorded and total time
spent on each activity is recorded
Context variables
Location (whether within or outside
the household); whether paid and mode of payment
ACTIVITY
CLASSIFICATION
Nine major groups; 16 2-digit sub-groups;
176 activities
TIME SAMPLE
Covers whole year on a periodic (quarterly)
basis; each
respondent provides diary data for three types of
days in a week-normal, abnormal, "weekly-variant"
REFERENCE POPULATION
Description
National as represented by six states
selected on basis of geographical dispersion (region)
and likely differentiation in work patterns such as
in rural-urban areas, tribal-industrial areas
Persons 6 years old and over
Sample selection
All eligible household members in
18,591 sample households were covered
RESPONSE RATE
99.8 percent household response rate
SOURCES
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