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SURVEY DESIGN & OBJECTIVES
- Independent survey
- to determine how people aged 12
years and over allocate their time to various activities
- to determine whether significant differences in
time use exist between different population groups
- to provide data to significantly improve national
accounts estimates of the contribution to GDP of the
domestic services of households industry and the employment
contribution to GDP in the NPISHs
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
Self-completed 48-hour diary; interview
for context variables
SURVEY
INSTRUMENTS
Description
48-hour time diary, set out in 5
minute intervals, to record activities and context
variables; household questionnaire; individual questionnaire
Recording of simultaneous activities
All simultaneous activities are recorded
in a separate column in the diary
Context variables
Location and mode of travel; for
whom; paid/unpaid
ACTIVITY
CLASSIFICATION
4-digit classification: 11 2-digit
major groups; 67 3-digit subgroups
TIME SAMPLE
Sample PSUs were allocated evenly
across the 12 months of the survey period in a way
that minimised the influence of seasonal effects on
time use estimates. The sample was also balanced across
weeks in quarters and days in a week.
REFERENCE POPULATION
Description
National
(people living on offshore islands (except Waiheke
Island) excluded); Maori/non-Maori; household population
Household members aged 12 years and over
Sample selection
7,200
households sample households were selected from the
752 Household Economic Survey (HES) Primary Sampling
Units (PSUs). An additional 150 screening PSUs were
selected to ensure that the sample had sufficient
Mäori.
Maximum of two eligible respondents per sample household
yielded 8,535 diaries. Overall response rate of 72
percent.
SOURCES
- Information about the time-use
survey (Web
page)
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