Pan India Time Use Survey released

Pan India Time Use Survey released

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-I – Society; GS-III – Economy

In news

• India’s first Pan India time use survey was released. 
• Released by: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Key takeaways

Paid employment

• Men: 57.3% of the people surveyed (7 hours 39 minutes)
• Women: 18.4% (5 hours 33 minutes)

Unpaid domestic services

• Men: 26.1% (1 hour 37 minutes) 
• Women: 81.2% (4 hours 59 minutes) 

Social activities

• Men: 91.4%
• Women: 91.3%

Unpaid volunteer work

• Men: 2.7% 
• Women: 2%

Do you know?

• A time use survey measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socialising. 
• Objective: To measure participation of men and women in paid and unpaid activities.
• The “NSS Report- Time Use in India 2019” is the first such pan India survey which was conducted between January and December 2019.
• Paid employment includes jobs, farming, fishing, mining amongst other economic activities