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6 The Propsed BLS Time-Use Survey
6 The Propsed BLS Time-Use Survey
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In this section we review the history of the BLS efforts, describe the proposed survey, and summarize the workshop discussion of the proposal. HISTORY The Unremunerated Work Act of 1993 included a directive for the BLS to conduct a time-use survey for the purpose of counting unremunerated work performed in the United States and to calculate the monetary value of that work.
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The survey will be designed to produce quarterly estimates of the proportion of time spent in different activities for this population and separately for a set of comparison groups. There are seven proposed sample stratification variables: gender; the presence of children (any under 6, any between 6-17, none under 181; education (less than high school, high school, some college, college graduate with no additional schooling, post-college study)
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However, because the CPS oversamples small states and the goal of the timeuse survey is not to be state representative but, rather, nationally representative, the maximum available sample size is closer to 54,000 per year. A subsample of these 54,000 will be drawn for the time-use survey.
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The estimate is based on the pilot test results for the time-use component and on experience with the CPS for update information. In addition to the quarterly and annual estimates of time spent in various activities, the data could also be used to produce information on time spent in simultaneous activities and various estimates of time spent in activities around a theme, such as child care activities.
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Other participants were concerned about accurately measuring time spent in the labor force and in educational activities because detailed information about what the respondent does during these times may be difficult to obtain with a time diary. Several participants argued it would also be useful to collect information about the flexibility of work hours from survey respondents.
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However, workshop participants suggested that a well-developed survey that is interesting to the respondents and properly trained interviewers will help ensure that high-quality data are collected with a longer survey. In terms of who in the household is interviewed, many participants urged the BLS to include those between the ages of 11 and 16 in the sample to provide valuable data on adolescents.
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Participants also argued that collecting longitudinal data on sample members could help capture fluctuations in time use over different times of the year, which may be important for studying specific populations, such as school-aged children and their families or employees with seasonal variations in work schedules, or for studying specific activities, such as vacation travel or outdoor recreation. Despite the methodological issues raised in the discussion of the BLS proposal, it was evident from the discussion that participants considered the BLS survey to have a sound beginning and that it should move forward.
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