Overview
Abstract
According to the Law on Statistics, it required the conduct of TUS every four years, National Statistical Office of Mongolia conducted third time use survey (TUS) in 2015 with international methodology.
Needs of Time-use surveys
Our country must fulfill its obligations in according with the international agreements and conventions as a member of the United Nations, such as implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the World Women conference on "Women Development Strategy" held in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi on March In 1985 and the "Beijing Declaration" by the Fourth World Conference In Beijing in 1995. In addition, there is a mandatory requirement for monitoring for the national program of "Gender Equality" was approved by government in 2002 and implementation of the law and updating necessary data.
The key importance of the TUS are to determine the time spent on household members for unpaid labor and to define the overall picture of the population time use and to calculate value added has become in household level and data processing needed to System of National Account and to provide data needed to policy making.
The goal of the Survey
The main goal of the survey are to determine the activity on the working population and to create the time spent on labor paid and unpaid by sex and updating the necessary data to determine population lifestyles.
In addition, the goal was include classifying and identifying the activities by years and months, that engaged by population.
Survey objectives are:
1. Determine time spent in unpaid and paid work by gender and 5 years age groups.
2. Determine Mongolian population life pattern, and its change.
3. To increase the scope of value added calculation of informal sector
4. Obtain data essential to monitoring progress in connection with completion the National Program of Gender equality in 2015.
A Time use survey is a household statistical survey that provides data on how, on average, people spend their time.
Survey findings show time spent in unpaid and paid work, people's daily activities, and spent time on those activities by specific age group, particularly adult, working age people, children and youth. Also statistical information useful for policy making and decision making was disaggregated by national, area, and gender etc.
Units of Analysis
Household and household members.
As mentioned earlier, households are defined as sampling unit. In total, 4,000 households selected for the sample, of these 3,998 were successfully interviewed for household questionnaire. In the interviewed households, 10,696 people age 12 years and over were identified, of these 10,693 were successfully interviewed for individual questionnaire.
