Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda
This paper discusses the challenges associated with implementing time-use surveys among agricultural households in developing countries and offers advice on best practices for two common measurement methods: stylized questions and time diaries. Using data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Inde...
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| author | Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | This paper discusses the challenges associated with implementing time-use surveys among agricultural households in developing countries and offers advice on best practices for two common measurement methods: stylized questions and time diaries. Using data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda, it finds that stylized questions do not always produce shorter interviews compared to time diaries, and recall accuracy may depend on the regularity and saliency of the activity and enumerator abilities. The paper suggests that combining promising methodological innovations from other disciplines with mainstream time-use data collection methods would allow capture of both the quantity and quality of time and provide richer insights into gendered time-use patterns. Broadening the scope of time-use research to other aspects of well-being can help identify how time constraints contribute to gender inequality and inform the design of policies and interventions to relieve those constraints. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425322025-12-08T10:29:22Z Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. gender women's empowerment gender equality surveys measurement agriculture empowerment developing countries time time use patterns women This paper discusses the challenges associated with implementing time-use surveys among agricultural households in developing countries and offers advice on best practices for two common measurement methods: stylized questions and time diaries. Using data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda, it finds that stylized questions do not always produce shorter interviews compared to time diaries, and recall accuracy may depend on the regularity and saliency of the activity and enumerator abilities. The paper suggests that combining promising methodological innovations from other disciplines with mainstream time-use data collection methods would allow capture of both the quantity and quality of time and provide richer insights into gendered time-use patterns. Broadening the scope of time-use research to other aspects of well-being can help identify how time constraints contribute to gender inequality and inform the design of policies and interventions to relieve those constraints. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142532 en https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27954 Open Access Taylor and Francis Seymour, Gregory; Malapit, Hazel J.; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2020. Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda. Feminist Economics 26(3): 169-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1749867 |
| spellingShingle | gender women's empowerment gender equality surveys measurement agriculture empowerment developing countries time time use patterns women Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title | Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title_full | Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title_short | Measuring time use in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda |
| title_sort | measuring time use in developing country agriculture evidence from bangladesh and uganda |
| topic | gender women's empowerment gender equality surveys measurement agriculture empowerment developing countries time time use patterns women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142532 |
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