Time Use Survey (TUS), January 2024-December 2024

India

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DDI-IND-NSO-TUS-2024-24

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NSSO

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Identification

Survey ID number

DDI-IND-NSO-TUS-2024-24

Title

Time Use Survey (TUS), January 2024-December 2024

Country

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INDIA

Abstract

Time Use Survey (TUS) provides a framework for measuring time dispositions by the population on different activities. One distinguishing feature of Time Use Survey from other household surveys is that it can capture time disposition on different aspects of human activities, be it paid, unpaid or other activities with such details which is otherwise not possible in other surveys. In recent years, time use surveys have gained much impetus among policy makers and other data users for their usefulness in measuring various aspects of gender
statistics.
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in India conducted the first Time Use Survey during January - December 2019. The second Time Use Survey will be conducted during January -December 2024.

Objective of the survey

The primary objective of Time Use Survey (TUS) is to measure participation of persons in paid and unpaid activities. The survey will be an important source of information on the time spent in unpaid caregiving activities, unpaid volunteer work, unpaid domestic service
producing activities of the household members. This will also provide information on time spent on learning, socializing, leisure activities, self-care activities, etc. by the household members.

Unit of Analysis

Unit of survey: The first stage unit (FSU) is the village/UFS block/SU depending on the sampling frame.

Scope

Keywords

TUS NSSO cooking lighting sweeping activity unpaid domestic services self development activities paid activities unpaid activities

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covers whole of the Indian Union except the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are difficult to access.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
NSSO	MoSPI

Producers

Name	Affiliation
DIID	M/o STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
M/o STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

In Time Use Survey (TUS), a rural village was notionally divided into a number of subunits (SU) of more or less equal population during the preparation of frame. Census 2011 population of villages was projected by applying suitable growth rates and the number of SUs formed in a village was determined apriori. The above procedure of SU formation was implemented in the villages with population more than or equal to 1000 as per Census 2011. In the remaining villages, no SU was formed. SUs were formed in urban sector also. The procedure was similar to that adopted in rural areas except that SUs were formed on the basis of households in the Urban Frame Survey (UFS) frame instead of population, since UFS frame does not have population. Each UFS block with number of households more than or equal to 250 was divided into a number of SUs. In the remaining UFS blocks, no SU was formed.

A stratified two stage design was adopted for the TUS. The first stage units (FSU) were villages/UFS blocks/sub-units (SUs) as per the situation. The ultimate stage units (USU) were households in both the sectors.

In the rural areas, stratification was made as follows: (a) all inhabited villages within each NSS State region constituted a rural stratum and (b) a special stratum, in the rural areas only, was formed at all-India level before the strata are formed in each State/UT. This stratum comprised all the uninhabited villages as per Census 2011 belonging to allStates/U Ts. In urban areas strata were formed within each NSS State region on the basis of size class of towns as per Census 2011.

Sub-Stratification in rural areas: In rural areas, three groups of villages were formed within each stratum (except special rural stratum) as follows:
Group 1: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population less than 250
Group 2: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population more than or equal to 250 but less than 500
Group 3: remaining villages

The sample size for a rural stratum was allocated among 3 groups in proportion to Census population. Sub-strata was demarcated in Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 respectively in such a way that each sub-stratum comprises a group of villages (all SUs of a village considered together) of the arranged frame and have more or less equal Census population within the respective group.

Sub-Stratification in urban areas: Sub-strata were demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum comprised a group of UFS blocks (all SUs within the block taken together)having more or less equal number of households.

Weighting

10024 FSUs will be surveyed at all-India level. The total number of sample FSUs will beallocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per Census 2011 subject to aminimum s ample allocation of 16 FSUs to each State/UT.State/UT level sample size will be allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per Census 2011 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector. A minimum of 4 FSUs, each for rural and urban sector separately, will be allocated to each State/UT. For more urbanised big States like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc., the urban allocation will be limited to rural sample size to avoid undue weightage to urban sector.

Data collection

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI-IND-NSO-TUS-2024-24

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
DIID	Data Informatics and Innovation Division	M/o Statistics & PI	Metadata study

Date of Metadata Production

2025-04-12

Metadata version

DDI Document version

v1.1

Version date

2025-04-12

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