DEFINITIONS

Basic and lower education — no elementary education, elementary education and basic education.

Couple with children aged 0–17 — a legally married or cohabiting couple with at least one child aged 0–17.

Couple without children — a legally married or cohabiting couple without children aged under 18.

Higher education — specialized secondary education, vocational higher education, university education and postgraduate degrees.

Household a group of persons living in the common main dwelling (at the same address), who share joint financial and/or food resources and whose members consider themselves to belong to the same household. Household can also consist of one member only.

Secondary education — general secondary education and vocational secondary education.

Single — household consisting of one member.

Single parent with children aged 0–17 — a household with one adult and at least one child aged under 18.

METHODOLOGY

Statistics are calculated on the basis of the Estonian Time Use Survey data. The Time Use Survey provides information on the division of time between various activities and on the differences in the use of time by men and women. The survey is internationally harmonized and a lot of European countries are involved in the survey. The first Time Use Survey in Estonia was conducted in 1999–2000.

The target population of the Estonian Time Use Survey is the residents of Estonia aged 10 or more (except institutionalized persons). 3,500 persons aged 18 or more (as of 1 January 1999) were drawn as a sample base from the Population Database by a systematic selection. The selection was made independently in two strata — Tallinn and the rest of Estonia. Each person drawn into the sample “brought along” his/her household.

The data was collected by face-to-face household and individual interviews and by the diary questionnaire method. Each 10-year-old or older person had to complete the diary on one weekday (i.e. on a day between Monday and Friday) and on either Saturday or Sunday. In addition to this, each working person had to record his/her working hours in the week diary.

Time use diaries collect information on both main and secondary activities, location and means of travel. The respondent also has to specify whether he/she performed an activity alone or with someone else. Both main and secondary activities are coded on the basis of the 3-digit activity coding list. 

CLASSIFICATIONS

Activity coding list

010

Unspecified sleep

011

Sleep

012

Sick in bed

020

Unspecified eating and drinking

021

Eating

022

Snacks and drinks

030

Unspecified other personal care

031

Wash and dress

032

Medical care

039

Other specified personal care

111

Working time in main job

112

Coffee and other breaks in main job

113

Farming

121

Working time in second job

122

Coffee and other breaks in second job

123

Farming

130

Unspecified activities related to employer

131

Seeking a job

132

Activities related to another employer

141

Lunch break

210

Unspecified activities related to school or university

211

Classes and lectures

212

Homework

213

Breaks

219

Other activities

220

Unspecified free time study

221

Studies and courses in free time

310

Unspecified food management

311

Food preparation

312

Baking

313

Dish washing

314

Preserving

319

Other specified food management

320

Unspecified household upkeep

321

Cleaning dwelling

322

Cleaning yard

323

Heating and water

329

Other specified household upkeep

330

Unspecified household upkeep

331

Laundry

332

Ironing

333

Handicraft and producing textiles

339

Other specified making and care for textiles

340

Unspecified gardening and pet care

341

Gardening

342

Tending domestic animals

343

Caring for pets

344

Walking the dog

350

Unspecified construction and repairs

351

House construction and repairs

352

Repairs of dwelling

353

Making, repairing and maintaining equipment

354

Vehicle maintenance

359

Other specified construction and repairs

360

Unspecified shopping and services

361

Shopping

362

Commercial and administrative services

365

Medical services

369

Other specified shopping and services

370

Unspecified household management

371

Household management

380

Unspecified childcare

381

Physical care and supervision

382

Teaching child

383

Reading, playing and talking with child

384

Accompanying child

390

Unspecified help to an adult family member

391

Help to an adult family member

410

Unspecified organisational work

411

Work for an organisation

412

Work through an organisation

420

Unspecified informal help

421

Food management as help

422

Household upkeep as help

423

Repairs as help

424

Child-care as help

425

Adult assistance and care as help

426

Shopping as help

427

Gardening and pet care as help

429

Other specified informal help

430

Unspecified participatory activities

431

Meetings

432

Religious activities

439

Other specified participatory activities

510

Unspecified social life

511

Socialising

512

Visiting and receiving visitors

513

Telephone conversation

519

Other specified social life

520

Unspecified entertainment and culture

521

Cinema

522

Theatre and concerts

523

Art exhibitions and museums

524

Library

525

Sports events

526

Excursions and zoo

529

Other specified entertainment and culture

530

Unspecified resting

531

Resting – time out

600

Unspecified sports and outdoor activities

610

Unspecified physical exercise

611

Walking and hiking

612

Jogging and running

613

Biking, skiing and skating

614

Ball games

615

Gymnastics

616

Fitness

617

Water sports

619

Other specified physical exercise

620

Unspecified productive exercise

621

Hunting, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms

629

Other specified productive exercise

630

Unspecified sports-related activities

631

Sports-related activities

700

Unspecified hobbies and games

710

Unspecified arts

711

Visual arts

712

Performing arts

713

Literary arts

714

Correspondence (letters, faxes)

719

Other specified arts

720

Unspecified hobbies

721

Collecting

722

Computing - programming

723

Information by computing

724

Communication by computing

725

Other computing

729

Other specified hobbies

730

Unspecified games

731

Games

732

Parlour games

733

Computer games

734

Solo games

735

Gambling

739

Other specified games

810

Unspecified reading

811

Reading periodicals

812

Reading books

813

Other specified reading

820

Unspecified TV and video

821

Watching TV

822

Watching video

830

Unspecified radio and music

831

Listening to radio

832

Listening to recordings

901

Travel related to personal care

911

Travel as part of/during main job

912

Travel to/from work

921

Travel to/from school or university

922

Travel related to free time study

931

Travel related to household care

936

Travel related to shopping and services

937

Travel related to treatment in medical institutions

938

Travel related to child-care

939

Travel related to adult assistance and care

941

Travel related to organisational work

942

Travel related to informal help

943

Travel related to participatory activities

951

Travel related to social life

952

Travel related to entertainment and culture

961

Travel related to sports and outdoor activities

971

Travel related to hobbies

991

Travel related to personal purposes

995

Filling in the time use diary

999

Unspecified time use

MORE DATA

Ajakasutus 1999 –2000. Time Use 1999–2000

Ajakasutuse uuring: metoodika ülevaade. Time Use Survey: Methodological Overview

Naised ja mehed. Women and Men

Tasustamata töö Eestis

 

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Updated: 03.12.2012