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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Time spent unpaid cleaning of house (weekly hours) (TT2000A_TMCLEAN)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 349
End: 351
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 11. Time spent on unpaid household and other activities - For all persons 15 years old and over</span></p>

<p>42. How many hours did (N) [the respondent] spend on the following activities in the past week?</p>
<div class="i1">1. Cleaning of house (Sweeping, mopping and vacuuming)</div><div class="i2">Hours _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
000 0 hours
001 1 hour
002 2
003 3
004 4
005 5
006 6
007 7
008 8
009 9
010 10
011 11
012 12
013 13
014 14
015 15
016 16
017 17
018 18
019 19
020 20
021 21
022 22
023 23
024 24
025 25
026 26
027 27
028 28
029 29
030 30
032 32
033 33
034 34
035 35
036 36
037 37
038 38
040 40
041 41
042 42
044 44
045 45
047 47
048 48
049 49
050 50
052 52
054 54
055 55
056 56
057 57
058 58
060 60
062 62
063 63
064 64
066 66
067 67
068 68
070 70+
998 Unknown or not performed the activity
999 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 11 - Time spent on unpaid household and other activities</span></p>

<p>This Section seeks to provide an estimate of the number of hours spent on unremunerated work by members of the household. Unremunerated work in the household is defined as unpaid labour on domestic and related activities. There is a lack of data and information on unremunerated work. This stems from the fact that unremunerated work in the household has always been excluded from estimates of Gross Domestic Product, because such work has traditionally been regarded as uneconomic, non-market activities.</p>

<p>However, in order to obtain a comprehensive picture of the country's productive activity, productive non-market activities would have to be recognized and recorded as part of the economic activity of a country. Time spent on household and other activities will provide data on the division of labor between the sexes.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 42 - Hours spent on these activities in the past week applicable to all persons 15 years old and over.</span></p>

<p>It should be noted that people may perform more than one unpaid activity at the same time. For example, a person may spend one hour preparing a meal while at the same time looking after his/ her children. This person should report one hour in the meal preparation and related activities and another hour in the category assist with homework. It does not matter whether those activities took place at the same time.</p>

<p>It is important to note for the category, play and personal care of children, the hours spent performing these activities such as talking or playing with children is recorded, if during these activities, the person was responsible for their care.</p>

<p>If five hours is spent on cleaning the house the entry is recorded as follows, 01, checkmark, C/H. _ _5</p>

<p>If no time is spent on a particular activity for example, zero time is spent on "care of disabled, sick or aged relative" nothing is entered.</p>

<p>Do not report work performed for pay

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the unpaid hours spent on cleaning the house during the previous week.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 36%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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