Pan India Time Use Survey released

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