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.
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
The target population of
the Estonian Time Use Survey is the residents of
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.
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
812 |
|
|
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 |
Ajakasutus 1999 –2000. Time Use 1999–2000
Ajakasutuse uuring: metoodika
ülevaade. Time Use Survey: Methodological Overview
Naised ja mehed. Women and Men
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Updated: 03.12.2012