Occasional Paper 20 - MEASURES OF UNRECORDED ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN FOURTEEN COUNTRIES
Table F |  Table G1 |  Table G2 |  Table G3 |
Table F.
Distribution of time among non-SNA activities, by gender (13 countries)

Average time per person.
Hours and minutes per day (h.:m.)

  Australia 
1992		 Austria 
1992		 Bulgaria 
1988		 Canada* 
1992		 Denmark 
1987		 Finland 
1987/8		 France 
1985/6		 Germany 
1991/2		 Great Britain* 
"1985"		 Israel 
1991/2		 Italy 
1988/9		 Netherlands 
1987		 Norway * 
1990/1		 USA 
1985
(pop.aged) (15+) (10+) (10+) (15+) (16-74) (15+) (15+) (16+) (15+) (14+) (15+) (12+) (16-79+) (15 +)
  M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
Time in Non-SNA activities (a)
food related activities
h.:m. 0:24 1:11 0:27 1:58 0:39 1:33 0:45 1:36 0:32 1:34 0:27 1:45 0:26 1:28 0:32 1:31 0:19 1:27 0:25 2:53 0:30 (a) 1:33 (a) 0:41 1:32 0:42 1:50
% 14 22 24 40 26 35 46(a) 50(a) 22 36 18 35 15 29 31 45 20 33 29 47 18 31 28 34 25 38
child care
h.:m. 0:14 0:49 0:08 0:32 0:14 0:36 0:08 0:19 0:11 0:28 0:07 0:28 0:12 (a) 0:32 (a) 0:12 0:36 0:21 1:02 0:07 0:22 0:06 (b) 0:22 (b) 0:23 0:48 0:17 0:35
% 8 15 7 11 9 14 8 10 7 11 5 9 7 10 12 18 22 23 8 6 4 7 16 18 11 12
adult care
h.:m. 0:11 0:11 0:07 0:06 0:03 0:03     0:11 0:07 0:03 0:04 0:04 (a) 0:06 (a) 0:02 0:04 0:04 0:04 0:03 0:08 0:02 0:03 0:12 0:13 0:04 0:04
% 6 3 6 2 2 1     7 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 1 1 8 5 3 2
textiles
h.:m. 0:04 0:34 0:02 0:48 0:03 0:20 0:01 0:12 0:02 0:34 0:02 0:45 0:03 0:41 0:03 0:24 0:01 0:13 0:00 0:53 0:01 0:21 0:02 0:37 0:05 0:28
% 2 11 2 16 2 8 1 6 1 13 1 15 2 13 3 12 1 5 0 15 1 7 1 14 3 10
up keep of dwell./surr.
h.:m. 0:09 0:42 0:18 1:07 0:16 0:48 0:07 0:34 0:25 0:45 0:22 1:01 0:15 0:49 0:19 0:59 0:13 1:12 0:10 1:28 0:13 (d) 1:14 (d) 0:17 0:39 0:25 0:45
% 5 13 16 22 11 18 7 18 17 17 15 21 9 16 18 29 13 27 12 21 8 24 11 14 13 16
construction maintenance
h.:m. 0:20 0:04 0:22 0:03 0:19 0:04 0:31 0:25 0:22 0:02 0:26 0:02 0:36 9a) 0:08 (a) 0:19 0:05 0:04 0:01 0:06 0:00 0:29 0:13 0:24 0:03 0:15 0:04
% 11 1 19 1 12 1 32 13 15 1 18 8 21 3 19 2 4 0 7 0 17 4 16 1 8 1
management/shopping
h.:m. 0:46 1:07 0:04 0:04 0:27 0:31 0:02 0:03 0:33 0:38 0:26 0:34 0:40 0:53 0:33 0:49 0:23 0:21 0:10 0:11 0:30 0:45 0:14 0:28 0:34 0:35
% 26 21 4 1 15 12 2 (b) 2 (b) 22 14 18 11 23 17 32 24 24 8 12 3 18 15 10 10 21 12
gardening
h.:m. 0:30 0:22 0:19 0:19 0:18 0:10 0:04 0:01 0:03 0:04 0:31 0:17 0:26 0:24 0:14 0:05 0:04 0:02 0:16 0:10 0:23 0:16 0:15 0:11 0:08 0:07
% 17 7 17 6 12 4 4 (c) 1 (c) 2 1 21 6 15 8 14 2 4 1 19 3 14 5 10 4 5 2
unpaid work (community)
h.:m. 0:16 0:17 0:06 0:04 0:16 0:18     0:10 0:10 0:04 0:03 0:11 (a) 0:07 (a) 0:05 0:05 0:07 0:03 0:09 0:11 0:34 0:17 0:00 0:00 0:15 0:20
% 9 5 5 1 11 7     7 4 3 1 6 2 5 2 7 1 10 3 20 6 0 0 10 7
Total time in non-SNA activities 
h.:m. 2:54 5:17 1:53a 5:01a 2:31 4:23 1:38 3:10 2:29 4:22 2:28a 4:59a 2:53 5:08 2:19 4:38 1:37 4:25 1:26 6:05 2:47 5:03 2:28 4:31 2:37 4:46
% 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
SOURCES: see Table A.

NOTES:
* Our calculations.
Because of rounding off and because of transformation of time units, percentages may not always totalise to 100 and time to 24 hours.
(a) For the detailed content of these categories, see Appendix 1.
Austria: (a) Excluding travel time.
Denmark: (a) Including shopping (i.e. all kinds of shopping). If shopping is excluded, time is, respectively: 0:28 (28%) and 1:12 (38%). (b) Excluding shopping. If shopping is included, time is, respectively: 0:20 (20%) and 0:28 (14%).(c) Data sampled in February.
France: (a) Excluding travel time.
Germany: (a) Including travel time.
Great Britain: "1985", actually 1983/7. Israel: (a) Not including travels related
to everyday shopping. (b) Including related travels. (c) Not including related travels. (d) Including vehicle maintenance. (e) Including related travels and travels relating to everyday shopping.
(f) Including travels related to adult care.
Netherlands: (a) Excluding daily shopping. (b): Excluding: "reading, talking with children"; "indoor playing with children"; "outdoor playing with children". These categories are included in the non-economic activities. (c) Excluding: "doing, hanging out laundry"; ironing / folding/ putting away laundry". (d) Including: "doing, hanging out laundry; "ironing / folding /putting away laundry".  

Table G1.
Distribution of time between SNA, non-SNA and non-economic activities, all persons and by gender
Great Britain : 1961, 1974/5 and "1985"
 

Population aged: 15 +.
Average time per person.
Hours and minutes per day (h.:m.).

  1961 1974/5 "1985" 1961 1974/5 "1985"
  * * * * * *
  All M F M F M F
Time in economic activities
SNA
h.:m. 4:23 4:02 3:29 6:34 2:24 5:42 2:30 4:39 2:34
% 18 17 15 27 10 24 10 19 11
non-SNA
h.:m. 3:32 3:02 3:23 1:37 5:16 1:31 4:25 2:12 4:19
% 15 13 14 7 22 6 18 9 18
Total time in economic activities 
h.:m. 7:55 7:04 6:52 8:11 7:40 7:13 6:55 6:51 6:53
% 33 29 29 34 32 30 29 29 29
Time in non-economic activities 
h.:m. 16:05 16:56 17:08 15:49 16:20 16:47 17:05 17:09 17:07
% 67 71 71 66 68 70 71 71 71
Total time, all activities 
h.:m. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
% 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
SOURCE: ESRC Research Centre of Micro-social Change, British Time-Use Project (1994).

NOTES:
1985": Actually 1983/7
All survey formats adjusted to match the time recorded in the 1961 diaries.
* Our calculations.
Because of rounding off and because of transformation of time units, percentages may not always totalise to 100 and time to 24 hours.

Table G2.
Distribution of time between SNA, non-SNA and non-economic activities, all persons and by gender
Norway : 1971/2, 1980/1 and 1990/1
 

Population aged: 16-79 years.
Average time per person.
Hours and minutes per day (h.:m.).

  1971/2 1980/1 1990/1 1971/2 1980/1 1990/1
  * * * * * *
  All M F M F M F
Time in economic activities
SNA (a)
h.:m. 3:38 3:29 3:37 5:29 1:56 4:40 2:23 4:30 2:49
% 15 15 15 23 8 20 10 19 12
non-SNA (b)
h.:m. 4:09 3:39 3:31 2:13 5:55 2:26 4:46 2:36 4:22
% 17 15 15 9 25 10 20 11 18
Total time in economic activities 
h.:m. 7:47 7:08 7:08 7:42 7:51 7:06 7:19 7:06 7:11
% 32 30 30 32 33 30 30 30 30
                   
Time in non-economic activities 
h.:m. 16:13 16:52 16:52 16:18 16:09 16:54 16:41 16:54 16:49
% 68 70 70 68 67 70 70 70 70
Total time, all activities 
h.:m. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
% 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Table G3.
Distribution of time between SNA, non-SNA and non-economic activities,
Bulgaria : 1977 and 1978
 
  1977 1971/2
(pop. aged) (6+) (0.1+)
  M F M/F * M F M/F *
Time in economic activities
SNA 
% 18.4 11.8 1.55 16.7 12.0 1.39
non-SNA
% 13.4 25.6 0.52 9.9 19.9 0.49
Total time in economic activities 
% 31.8 37.4 0.85 26.6 31.9 0.83
Time in non-economic activities 
% 68.2 62.6 1.08 73.4 68.1 1.07
Total time, all activities 
% 100 100 1 100 100 1
Sources: [Bulgaria.] Central Statistical Office (CSU) (1994a and 1994b).

Notes:
* Our calculations.