Time use
The goal of the time use data collection is to present data regarding time use of the population. It’s purpose is the support of establishing family policy, to help forming policy on working hours, to provide information on travel destinations and modalities, on cultural and leisure time activities, to assist work related to the development of national accounts, within this mainly on production within the households. The tool of the time use survey is the time use diary which contains the activities performed during the 24 hours of the day and the average time spent on them in sequence of events.
Key figures
Average time spent on income generating and productive activities
Indicator description
The average daily time spent by the population aged 15–74 on income generating and productive activities in minutes. In other words, it shows how many minutes a person in the given age group spent on the given activity on an average day.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2009/2010
Average time spent on housework, work around the house
Indicator description
The average daily time spent by the population aged 15–74 on housework, work around the house in minutes. It shows how many a person in the given age group spent on the given activity on an average day.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2009/2010
Average time spent on child care, providing for children
Indicator description
The average daily time spent by the population aged 15–74 on child care, providing for children in minutes. It shows how many minutes the population in the given age group spent on the given activity on an average day.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2009/2010
Average time spent on leisure activities
Indicator description
The average daily time spent by the population aged 15–74 on leisure activities in minutes. It shows how many minutes a person in the given age group spent on the given activity on an average day.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2009/2010
Featured
Timeuse 2009/2010
The time use survey serves among others to examine the different time use of the various social and demographic groups. Between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office conducted a time use survey among the population aged 10–84 living in private households. The animation prepared on the basis of the data of the 2009/2010 time use survey shows an average day of a population sample of thousand people by activities.
Timeuse 2010
The time use survey is used among others for examining the time use of different social and demographic groups. The chart prepared based on time use survey data of 17 countries presents an average day of each of a population sample of one thousand people by activity.
Related themes
- Culture, sports
- Income and consumption
- Labour
- Living conditions
- Men and women
- The young and the elderly
Methodological information
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Change of time use of the population, 1986-2000 | 11/09/2009 | – |