Occasional Paper 20 - MEASURES OF UNRECORDED ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN FOURTEEN COUNTRIES

Appendix 1
Categorisation of Activities

Appendix 2
Table T1
Table T2

Appendix 3
Table U

 
 
 

Appendix 1
Categorisation of Activities
Derived from the Coding Proposal for ETUS, the European Time Use Survey (European Union, Statistical Office, 1994a) (1).

ETUS
codes
            SNA ACTIVITIES
 
  Gainful employment 
 
            NON-SNA ACTIVITIES
 





8
Personal care 
Study 
Social life and entertainment 
Sports and participation 
Arts, hobbies and games 
Mass media 
 
            PARTICIPATIVE ACTIVITIES
 
421 
422 
429
Meetings (participation in social, political, etc. organisations) 
Religious activities (religious practice and ceremonies) 
Unspecified 
 

NON-SNA ACTIVITIES:

1)        DOMESTIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
                       Work done for own or another household

            FOOD RELATED ACTIVITIES:
 
311 
312 
313 
314 
315 
316 
341 
361 
319 
Preparing meals 
Preparing snacks (including preparing coffee, tea or drink) 
Setting the table 
Meal cleanup, dish washing 
Baking 
Preserving, freezing, canning, gathering of wild food 
Tending edible plants 
Purchasing everyday consumer goods 
Unspecified
 
             CHILD CARE
 
381 
382 
383 
384 
385 
386 
387 

388 
366 (part) 
389 

Physical care 
Supervision of the child (including babysitting) 
Reading or playing with the child 
Talking to the child 
Learning with the child (help with homework, guiding in doing things) 
Outdoors with children 
Accompanying children to their clubs (waiting at a sport centre, musician lesson, etc.) 
Visiting school/nursery (including parents’ meeting) 
 Medical/dental services for children 
Unspecified 
390     ADULT CARE (except housework):
 
Physical care of a sick or elderly adult 
Visits to hospitals 
Washing, cutting hair, massaging 
Help another person’s gainful employment 
Mental help, information and advice 
 
            MAKING AND CARE OF TEXTILES
 
331 
332 
 
333 
334 

335 
336

Laundry (loading and unloading washing machine, hanging out, putting away) 
Ironing (including mangling, tasks connected with ironing and mangling, e.g. folding) 
Mending and care of clothes and shoes 
Producing textiles (productive activities included in the 1993 SNA, weaving cloth, dress making, tailoring, making shoes) 
Handicrafts (knitting, needlework, embroidery) 
Unspecified
 
            UPKEEP OF DWELLING AND SURROUNDINGS:
 
321 

322 
323 
324 
325 

326 
327 
329 

Cleaning dwelling (vacuuming, washing/waxing floors, washing windows, making beds, tidying, tending flowers, arranging the home) 
Cleaning cellar, garage, shed 
Cleaning yard, pavement, shovelling snow 
Separating and disposal of waste 
Forestry, woodcutting and collecting firewood (productive work included in 1994 SNA) 
Heating and water supply 
Other household upkeep (packing for a trip, move etc, looking for lost items) 
Unspecified 
 
            CONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE:
 
351 

352 

353 
354 
355 

356 
359 

House construction and renovation (including major changes to the house, including major extension and alteration) 
Repairs to dwelling (replastering walls, repairing roofs, painting, papering, carpeting, decoration, repairs to fittings, etc.) 
Repairing household equipment and appliances 
Vehicle maintenance 
Production of household goods (making furniture, furnishing, production of pottery, utensils and durables, etc.) 
Other 
Unspecified 
 
            HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, SHOPPING AND SERVICES:
 
362 
 

363 
364 
365 
367 
370 
 

369 

Purchasing durable consumer goods (including half-durable consumer goods, buying clothes, shoes, furniture, household appliances, dwelling, books, etc., purchasing for maintenance and repair) 
Administrative services (visiting post office, bank, municipality authorities) 
Laundry, shoemaker 
Garage, maintenance vehicle 
Personal services (haircut, etc.) 
Household management (planning and arranging, budgeting, paperwork, 
making shopping list, arranging and supervising outside services at home. 
Phone calls to institutions, correspondence with authorities, etc.) 
Unspecified 
            GARDENING AND PET CARE
 
342 
343 
344 
345 
368 (part) 
349 
Tending ornamental plants (also graves), flowers, mowing the lawn 
Tending domestic animals (when not on a farm) 
Feeding and caring for pets 
Walking the dog 
Veterinary services, etc. 
Unspecified 
2)        UNPAID WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY
 
 
411 
 
 
 
 
WORK FOR ORGANIZATION 

Work for the organization itself (including work for groups and associations, as well as work for school and kindergarten, and neighbourhood groups, etc., work as committee member, administrative work, preparing activities, work for events, baking etc. for organization, working in the canteen, repairs and other odd jobs for the organization, giving information, distributing leaflets) 

412 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Work for people via organizations 
Non-profit organizations 
Delivering meals; 
Teachers or course instructor; 
Coach, referee etc. in sport and gymnastics; 
Leader of a youth group, e.g. scout leader; 
Work in a child care group; 
419  Unspecified work for organization 
 
 


Appendix 2
Table T1. EFFECT OF AGE LOWER LIMIT ADOPTED FOR THE STUDY
FINLAND 1987/8
 

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

  All persons by gender
      M F
(pop. aged) 15 + 10 + 15 + 10 + 15 + 10 +
Time in economic activities
SNA            
h.:m.  3:33 3:22 * 4:21 4:05 * 2:48 2:38 *
% 15 14 18 17 12 11
NON-SNA
h.:m.  3:28 3:07 * 2:29 2:09 * 4:22 4:05 *
% 14 13 10 9 18 17
Total time in economic activities
h.:m.  7:01 6:29* 6:50 6:14 * 7:10 6:43 *
% 29 27 28 26 30 28
Time in non-economic activities
h.:m.  17:00 17:31 * 17:09 17:45 * 16:50 17:17 *
% 71 73 72 74 70 72
Total time, all activities
h.:m.  24 24 24 24 24 24
% 100 100 100 100 100 100
SOURCES: Statistics Finland (1994); I. Niemi and B. Anachkova (1992).

NOTE:
* Our calculations. 


Table T2.
EFFECT OF AGE LOWER LIMIT ADOPTED FOR THE STUDY
GERMANY, 1991/2
 

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

  All persons by gender
      M F
pop.aged 16 + 12 + 16 + 12 + 16 + 12 +
Time in economic activities
SNA
h.:m.  3:16 3:08 4:28 4:17 2:12 2:07
% 14 13 19 18 9 9
NON-SNA
h.:m.  4:05  3:56 2:53 2:48 5:08 5:00
% 17 16 12 12 21 21
Total time in economic activities
h.:m.  7:21 7:04 7:21 7:05 7:20 7:07
% 31 29 31 30 31 30
Time in non-economic activities
h.:m.  16:39 16:56 16:39 16:55 16:40 16:53
% 69 71 69 70 69 70
Total time, all activities
h.:m.  24 24 24 24 24 24
% 100 100 100 100 100 100
SOURCES: [Germany.] Federal Statistical Office (1994).
 

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Appendix 3
Table U
EFFECT OF CATEGORISATION OF TRANSPORTATION TIME
FRANCE, 1985/6
 

Average time per person
Population aged: 15+
Hours and minutes per day (h.:m.)
France
1985/6
All
All
M
M
F
F
Time in economic activities
SNA   
h.:m.  
%
3:03
13
3:03
13
4:00
17
4:00
17
2:10
9
2:10
9
non-SNA  
h.:m.  
%
4:31 a
19
3:48 b
16
3:14 a
13
2:28 b
10
5:40 a
24
4:59 b
21
Total time in economic activities
h.:m.   
%
7:34 a
32
6:51 b
29
7:14 a
30
6:28 b
27
7:50 a
33
7:09 b
30
Time in non-economic activities
h.:m.   
%
16:26 c
68
17:09 d
71
16:46 c
70
17:32 d
73
16:10 c
67
16:51
70
Total time, all activities
h.:m.   
%
24 
100
24 
100
24 
100
24 
100
24 
100
24 
100
Source: Grimler and Roy (1991).

Notes:
(a) Including travel time for non-SNA and non-economic activities.
(b) Excluding travel time for non-SNA activities.
(c) Excluding travel time for non-economic activities.
(d) Including travel time for non-SNA and non-economic activities.