NSS report- ‘Time Use Survey’, which was a first of its kind, was recently conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
Highlights
- The survey was conducted between January 2019 and December 2019.
- 1.39 lakh households comprising 4.47 lakh persons over the age of six were listed.
About the report
- The primary objective of the survey is to measure the participation of men and women in paid and unpaid activities.
- It provides information on time spent in unpaid caregiving activities, volunteer work, unpaid domestic service-producing activities of the household members.
- Survey also highlights the information on time spent on learning, socializing, leisure activities and self-care activities by the households.
Key Findings
- 38.2 % of the population participates in employment and other related activities. They spend 429 minutes or 7 hours and 9 minutes each day.
- Gender disparity: Only 18.4% women participate in employment activities when compared with 57.3 % men.
- Men spend on an average 459 minutes or 7 hours and 39 minutes while women spend only 333 minutes or 5 hours and 33 minutes.
- Unpaid domestic work– women’s participation in unpaid domestic services such as cooking, cleaning, household management, for household members is 81.2% each day as compare to 26.1 % for men. Women spend 299 minutes that is almost 5 hours on unpaid domestic services which is thrice as much as men 97 minutes or 1 hour 37 minutes.
- Care-giving activities– Only 14 per cent of men participate in unpaid care giving services for household members by spending 76 minutes a day on an average. While share of women is double at 27.6 % and they also spend more than 120 minutes in such care-giving.
- As per the survey, Indians do not like to be unpaid volunteers or trainees or to take part in community or organization-based unpaid volunteering. Only, 2.4 % of the respondents volunteer for such work
- Participation in socializing and communication through chatting, conversing and community participation in gatherings and religious participation is high at 91.3 % spending around 143 minutes each day on an average.
- Participation in culture, leisure, mass-media and sports practices through reading, and watching television is high at 86.9 % spending 165 minutes per day on an average.