Measuring time use in development settings
This paper discusses the challenges associated with collecting time-use data in developing countries. The paper suggests potential solutions, concentrating on the two most common time-use methods used in development settings: stylized questions and time diaries. The paper identifies a significant la...
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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 collecting time-use data in developing countries. The paper suggests potential solutions, concentrating on the two most common time-use methods used in development settings: stylized questions and time diaries. The paper identifies a significant lack of rigorous empirical research comparing these methods in development settings, and begins to fill this gap by analyzing data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda. The surveys include stylized questions and time diary estimates for the same individual. The study finds limited evidence that stylized questions are more feasible (in terms of interview length) but also less accurate, compared with time diaries. These results are attributed to the relatively greater cognitive burden imposed on respondents by stylized questions. The paper discusses the importance of broadening the scope of time-use research to capture the quantity and quality of time, to achieve richer insights into gendered time-use patterns and trends. The paper suggests a path forward that combines mainstream time-use data collection methods with promising methodological innovations from other disciplines. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1480052025-04-08T18:31:21Z Measuring time use in development settings Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. microeconomics women's empowerment economic development households labour time use patterns This paper discusses the challenges associated with collecting time-use data in developing countries. The paper suggests potential solutions, concentrating on the two most common time-use methods used in development settings: stylized questions and time diaries. The paper identifies a significant lack of rigorous empirical research comparing these methods in development settings, and begins to fill this gap by analyzing data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda. The surveys include stylized questions and time diary estimates for the same individual. The study finds limited evidence that stylized questions are more feasible (in terms of interview length) but also less accurate, compared with time diaries. These results are attributed to the relatively greater cognitive burden imposed on respondents by stylized questions. The paper discusses the importance of broadening the scope of time-use research to capture the quantity and quality of time, to achieve richer insights into gendered time-use patterns and trends. The paper suggests a path forward that combines mainstream time-use data collection methods with promising methodological innovations from other disciplines. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:39Z 2024-06-21T09:23:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148005 en https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1749867 World Bank Seymour, Gregory; Malapit, Hazel J.; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2017. Measuring time use in development settings. Policy Research Working Paper 8147. Washington, DC: World Bank. https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27954 |
| spellingShingle | microeconomics women's empowerment economic development households labour time use patterns Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. Measuring time use in development settings |
| title | Measuring time use in development settings |
| title_full | Measuring time use in development settings |
| title_fullStr | Measuring time use in development settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring time use in development settings |
| title_short | Measuring time use in development settings |
| title_sort | measuring time use in development settings |
| topic | microeconomics women's empowerment economic development households labour time use patterns |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148005 |
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