Time Use Survey, 2024

Why in News?

The results of the Time Use Survey, 2024 (second such All-India Survey) was recently released by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

• Time Use Survey (TUS) – It will enable measuring time spent by individuals on different activities.
• The primary objective is to measure participation of men, women and other groups of persons in paid and unpaid activities.
• The survey will be an important source of information on the time spent in unpaid care giving 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.
• Conducted by - National Statistics Office (NSO).
• Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation.

Key Highlights of the survey

• Duration - January – December, 2024.
• Major Indicators

• Increasing participation rate, 2024 - 75% of the males and 25% of the females of 15-59 years, participated in employment and related activities during the reference period of 24 hours.
  • Such participation was 70.9% for males and 21.8% for females in the age group 15-59 years during 2019.
• Shift from unpaid to paid - Female participants aged 15-59 years in unpaid domestic services has come down to 305 minutes during 2024 signifying the shift from unpaid to paid activities.
  • During 2019 they spent about 315 minutes in unpaid activities.
• Participation rate in care-giving - 41% of females aged 15-59 years participated in caregiving for their household members, male participation in this age group in such caregiving was 21.4%.
• Also, female participants in caregiving activities spent about 140 minutes in a day, compared to 74 minutes spent by male participants aged 15-59 years.
• This corroborates the Indian social fabric wherein most of the caregiving responsibilities for household members are borne by the females of the household.
• Final goods production in rural areas - 24.6% of the rural population aged 15-59 years participated in producing goods for own final use and they spent 121 minutes a day doing such activities.
• Learning of children - 89.3% of children aged 6-14 years participated in learning activities and they spent around 413 minutes in a day for such activities.
• Leisure activities rate - People aged 6 years and above spent 11% of their days’ time in culture, leisure, mass media and sports practices during 2024, compared to 9.9% of the days’ time spent during 2019.
• Self-care and maintenance rate - 708 minutes in a day was spent on self-care and maintenance activities by persons aged 6 years and above.
• Females of this age group spent 706 minutes while males spent 710 minutes in such activities.

References

1. The Hindu | “Time Use Survey”
2. PIB | TIME USE SURVEY (TUS)
3. Business Today | Time Use Survey