Time Use Survey 2024
India, 2024
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IND_2024_TUS_v01_M
Time Use Survey 2024
TUS 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in India conducted the first Time Use Survey during January - December 2019. The second Time Use Survey conducted during January -December 2024.
Time Use Survey (TUS) provides a framework for measuring time dispositions by the population on different activities. One distinguishing feature of Time Use Survey from other household surveys is that it can capture time disposition on different aspects of human activities, be it paid, unpaid or other activities with such details which is otherwise not possible in other surveys. In recent years, time use surveys have gained much impetus among policy makers and other data users for their usefulness in measuring various aspects of gender statistics.
Objective of the survey
The primary objective of Time Use Survey (TUS) is to measure participation of persons in paid and unpaid activities. The survey will be an important source of information on the time spent in unpaid caregiving activities, unpaid volunteer work, unpaid domestic service producing activities of the household members. This will also provide information on time spent on learning, socializing, leisure activities, self-care activities, etc. by the household members.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households and Individuals
Scope
The survey covered the following topics:
- Identification of household
- Household characteristics
- Some particulars relating to time use for each household member of age 6 years and above from 4:00 AM on the day before the date of interview to 4:00 AM on the day of the interview
- Particulars of activities for each household member of age 6 years and above from 4:00 AM on the day before the date of interview to 4:00 AM on the day of the interview
Coverage
The survey covers whole of the Indian Union except the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are difficult to access.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistics Office of India (NSSO) | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | MoSPI |
Sampling
In Time Use Survey (TUS), a rural village was notionally divided into a number of subunits (SU) of more or less equal population during the preparation of frame. Census 2011 population of villages was projected by applying suitable growth rates and the number of SUs formed in a village was determined apriori. The above procedure of SU formation was implemented in the villages with population more than or equal to 1000 as per Census 2011. In the remaining villages, no SU was formed. SUs were formed in urban sector also. The procedure was similar to that adopted in rural areas except that SUs were formed on the basis of households in the Urban Frame Survey (UFS) frame instead of population, since UFS frame does not have population. Each UFS block with number of households more than or equal to 250 was divided into a number of SUs. In the remaining UFS blocks, no SU was formed.
A stratified two stage design was adopted for the TUS. The first stage units (FSU) were villages/UFS blocks/sub-units (SUs) as per the situation. The ultimate stage units (USU) were households in both the sectors.
In the rural areas, stratification was made as follows: (a) all inhabited villages within each NSS State region constituted a rural stratum and (b) a special stratum, in the rural areas only, was formed at all-India level before the strata are formed in each State/UT. This stratum comprised all the uninhabited villages as per Census 2011 belonging to allStates/U Ts. In urban areas strata were formed within each NSS State region on the basis of size class of towns as per Census 2011.
Sub-Stratification in rural areas: In rural areas, three groups of villages were formed within each stratum (except special rural stratum) as follows:
Group 1: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population less than 250
Group 2: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population more than or equal to 250 but less than 500
Group 3: remaining villages
The sample size for a rural stratum was allocated among 3 groups in proportion to Census population. Sub-strata was demarcated in Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 respectively in such a way that each sub-stratum comprises a group of villages (all SUs of a village considered together) of the arranged frame and have more or less equal Census population within the respective group.
Sub-Stratification in urban areas: Sub-strata were demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum comprised a group of UFS blocks (all SUs within the block taken together) having more or less equal number of households.
10024 FSUs were surveyed at all-India level. The total number of sample FSUs were allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per Census 2011 subject to a minimum s ample allocation of 16 FSUs to each State/UT.State/UT level sample size was allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per Census 2011 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector. A minimum of 4 FSUs, each for rural and urban sector separately, was allocated to each State/UT. For more urbanized big States like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc., the urban allocation was limited to rural sample size to avoid undue weightage to urban sector.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 2024-12 |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI_IND_2024_TUS_v01_M
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Informatics and Innovation Division | DIID | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Metadata study |
| Development Data Group | DECDG | The World Bank | Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library |
2025-04-12
Metadata version
Identical to a metadata (DDI-IND-NSO-TUS-2024-24) published on National Statistics Office of India microdata repository (https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.
2025-04-12