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Overview

The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) are jointly organizing a three-day International Workshop on Time-Use Statistics in Xi'an, China. The event will take place on 25-27 June 2024.

The objective of the workshop is to strengthen the national capacity to collect and regularly produce comparable high-quality time-use data in cost-effective ways by adopting innovative and digitalization data collection methods to inform and monitor public policies, including SDGs. The workshop will include presentations on conceptual and methodological issues, data sources, collection and compilation, country practices, and round-table discussions.


Main documents and resources

  • Summary Report   pdf
  • Concept Note and Agenda   pdf
  • UN Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use   pdf
  • Time-use resource hub   link

Presentations

  • Day 1, 25 June 2024
    • Session 1: Introduction to time-use statistics
      • Relevance and challenges for the collection of time-use statistics   pdf
      • Introduction to the UN Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use   pdf
      • Australia's time-use survey objectives   pdf
    • Plenary Session on users, uses, opportunities, and challenges for time-use statistics  pdf
      • Challenges for the Collection of Time Use Statistics in Indonesia   pdf
    • Session 3: Use of China's time-use survey data
      • Time use and low-carbon management   pdf
      • The application of TUS in population development in the context of low fertility   pdf
    • Session 4: Introduction to China's time-use surveys
      • China's experience in collecting time-use survey   pdf
      • Methodological aspects of China's Third National Time Use Survey   pdf
  • Day 2, 26 June 2024
    • Session 5: Classification of activities on time use
      • International classification of time-use statistics (ICATUS 2016)   pdf
      • Time use surveys in Europe   recording
    • Session 6: Minimum harmonized instrument of time-use statistics
      • Minimum harmonized instrument for the collection of time-use statistics   pdf
      • Initiatives and plans to improve time-use survey data collection in Italy   recording
    • Session 7: Methodological considerations of time-use statistics
      • Overview of methodological considerations when conducting a time-use survey   pdf
      • Time-use modules in LFS surveys   pdf
      • Measuring time use in children   pdf
    • Session 8: Modernization of time-use statistics
      • Why and how to modernize time-use statistics?   pdf
      • Mongolia time-use survey   pdf
      • Japan's experience with mixed-modes of time-use data collection   pdf
  • Day 3, 27 June 2024
    • Session 9: Quality and dissemination of time-use data
      • Quality assurance of time-use data   pdf
      • Dissemination of time-use data in Morocco   pdf
    • Session 10: Country experiences in the collection and use of time-use statistics
      • Innovative and effective ways to collect time-use data in Canada   recording
      • India's time-use survey   pdf
      • National Survey on Time Use ENUT Mexico   recording
      • Kyrgyzstan's time-use survey   pdf
    • Final Recap and Evaluation   pdf

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