Time Use Survey 2015
Mongolia, 2015 - 2016
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Time Use Survey 2015
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Mongolia | MNG |
Time Use Survey
Time Use Survey is a household survey that provides data on how, on average, people spend their time. National Statistical Office of Mongolia conducted pilot Time use survey (TUS) in 2000. In 2004, the Law on Statistics was amended and it required the conduct of TUS every four years. 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.
The key importance of the Time Use Survey is 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 main goal of the survey is 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 includes classifying and identifying the activities by years and months, that engaged by population.
Survey objectives are:
- Determine time spent in unpaid and paid work by gender and 5 years age groups.
- Determine Mongolian population life pattern, and its change.
- To increase the scope of value-added calculation of informal sector
- Obtain data essential to monitoring progress in connection with completion the National Program of Gender equality in 2015.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household and household members.
Scope
The 2015 Mongolia Time Use Survey covered the following topics:
- Household identification
- General information for household members
- Education for household memebrs age 12 and above
- Health
- Employment
- Type of dwelling
- Water and sanitaion
- Sources of power and heating
- Capital
- Diary of daily activities
Coverage
National coverage
The survey covered all households in the sample excluding Mongolian citizens residing outside the country or in military camps, orphanages, care centers, hospitals, prisons and other correctional institutions for more than six months.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistics Office (NSO) | Government of Mongolia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Mongolia | Funded the survey |
Sampling
The TUS is a household-based survey. Therefore, households are defined as sampling unit. The total sample size determined as 4,000 households or 0.5 percent of total households, representing the entire households in Mongolia. Since the survey covered 4 quarters, sample size was divided into four equal parts for four quarters.
All 8 provinces and 8 districts from Ulaanbaatar representing the five regions of Western, Khangai, Central, Eastern and Ulaanbaatar, that was surveyed.
Sampling method
The sampling design used a two-stage sampling method.
Stage 1: The proportionate number of households for each of the 5 regions of Mongolia was determined using probability sampling method. Following this method, it was established that there should be 640 HHs from the Western region, 800 HHs from Khangai region, 800 HHs from Central region, 560 HHs from Eastern region, and 1200 HHs from Ulaanbaatar. The lowest administrative units, kheseg of khoroo for Ulaanbaatar, bagh of soum for aimags (provinces), were defined as primary sampling units (PSUs).
In total, 200 PSUs were selected with probability proportional to size.
Stage 2: After household listing of the selected PSUs was carried out by the statistical departments or divisions, 20 households were selected using systematic sampling from each PSU.
Sample household
Primary data collection unit of the survey is the household because the TUS is a household-based survey. 13626 people from 3990 households' selected 14173 people from 4000 households were participated in the study.
Survey instrument
In line with the survey objectives and coverage, the questionnaires and manual were developed based on recommendations and methodology of EUROSTAT and UN Statistics Division and other countries' experiences. Pilot survey was conducted covered 50 households in order to pretest clearness of questionnaire, coherence between questions and define average time spent for interviewing one household.
Two questionnaires were used to collect the survey data:
- TUS-1 refers to the Household and Individual questionnaire which contains questions on household listing, type of dwelling, water and sanitation, main source of electricity and heating, assets for households; education information, marital status, health status and employment status for people age 12 years and over.
- TUS-2 refers to the Diary. This contains questions on daily activities and time spent for those activities.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | 2016-01-01 | Every month |
Data collection started in March and ended on the third week of December 2015. The fieldwork was conducted in every third week of March, June, September and December in 2015. Reference period was the "last week" or the week in which the survey took place. All days of week were covered in the diary.
Data processing
Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI) and paper assisted personal interview (PAPI) were used to collect the data. Diary of paper forms was checked and edited into computer. Data gathered from the field were coded and activities were classified according to the "International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics" developed by UNSD.
Data Access
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
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_MNG_2015_TUS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| National Statistical Office | Government of Mongolia | Study of documentation |
2016-01-11
Metadata version
Version 02 (April 2019). The original documentation/ metadata (version 01) was downloaded from the Mongolia Microdata Catalog (http://web.nso.mn/nada/index.php/catalog/central/about).