Demographic and Social Statistics

The EG-TUS meeting is convened to present the final version of the revised UN Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use and accompanying time-use data resources hub, which marks the conclusion of a phase of methodological development as expressed in the terms of reference of the EG-TUS and to strategize on ways to build national capacity and provide technical assistance to countries, particularly in developing regions in the area of time-use statistics as requested by the Statistical Commission. The EG-TUS meeting will also provide an opportunity for members to exchange the latest practices, lessons learned, and future projects.

• Agenda
• Summary of discussion and conclusions

• Day 1 - 2024-01-30 | Day 2 - 2024-01-31 | Day 3 - 2024-02-01

• Day 1, 30 January 2024 08:00-11:00am (NY time)
• Session 1: Opening remarks and objectives of the meeting
• Ms. Patricia Houle, Time Use Survey Manager, Statistics Canada  
• Ms. Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division  
• Session 2: Updates of EG-TUS members on time-use statistics
• The session presents innovative initiatives and plans to improve time-use data collection.
• A. Country experiences
• Ms. Tania Cappadozzi, Time Use and Measurement of Volunteer Work Survey Manager, Italian National Institute of Statistics  
  • ISTAT innovation plan for TUS initiatives and plans to improve time-use data collection in Italy
• Ms. Patricia Houle, Time Use Survey Manager, Statistics Canada  
  • Innovative and effective ways to collect time-use data — Canada's experience
• Mr. Mauricio Rodriguez, General Director for Sociodemographic Statistics, INEGI Mexico  
  • National Survey on Time Use ENUT Mexico
• Ms. Siham Zarrari, Head of Division in the Statistics Directorate, High Commission for Planning, Morocco  
• B. Agencies and organizations projects
• Ms. Samantha Watson, Labour Statistician, International Labour Organization  
  • LFS add-on module: Measuring own-use provision of services
• Ms. Lauren Pandolfelli, Statistics Specialist, United Nations Children's Fund  
  • Measuring children's time use in MICS
• Mr. Eniel Ninka, Statistical Officer, European Commission  
  • Time use surveys in Europe — State of play and a glimpse into the future
• Day 2, 31 January 2024 14:00-17:00 (NY time)
• Session 3: Revised United Nations Guidelines for Producing Time-use Statistics and Time-use Resources Hub
• The session will provide an overview of the updated version of the UN Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use and provide an opportunity to show the time-use resources hub.
• Ms. Iliana Vaca Trigo, Statistician, United Nations Statistics Division  
  • Revised United Nations Guidelines for Producing Time-use Statistics and Time-use Resources Hub
• Ms. Lisa Scanlon, Director in the Household Surveys Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)  
  • Time Use Surveys - Quality
• Session 4: Implementation of the Guide
• The session will present the opportunity for EG-TUS members to brainstorm on ways to promote the adaptation and adoption of the Guide recommendations by counties. The session will also serve to exchange plans for regional and global initiatives to strengthen national capacity in producing high-quality, frequent, timely, and granular time-use data.
  • Implementation of the Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use
• Day 3, 1 February 2024 08:00-11:00am (NY time)
• Session 5: Uses of time-use data: Time-use data and care
• The session will highlight members' initiatives to use time-use data to measure care work, including supervisory care.
• Ms. Patricia Houle, Time Use Survey Manager, Statistics Canada  
  • Time-use data to go beyond GDP and reshape the way prosperity is measured: the Canadian experience
• Ms. Samantha Watson, Labour Statistician, International Labour Organization
  • Statistical definitions of care work
• Ms. Cecilia Tinonin, Statistician, the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific  
  • Report of the sub-committee on supervisory care
• Ms. Veronica Valdivia, Time Use Survey Senior Socio-economic analyst, INE Chile  
  • Initiatives to use time-use data to measure care work in the II TUS (2023), INE-Chile
• Session 6: Coordination with other Groups of the Statistical Commission
• The session informs members of the EG-TUS of synergies between their work and other initiatives involving time-use data undertaken by other groups working under the auspices of the Statistical Commission.
• ISWGNA Subgroup on Well-being and Sustainability  
  • Unpaid Household Service work in the 2025 SNA
• Friends of the Chair on Social and Demographic Statistics  
  • Coordination with other Groups of the Statistical Commission Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics
• Session 7: Way forward for the EG-TUS and conclusions of the EG-TUS Meeting
• Ms. Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division  
  • Way forward for the EG-TUS and conclusions of the EG-TUS Meeting
• Ms. Patricia Houle, Time Use Survey Manager, Statistics Canada