DEVELOPMENTS IN THE

MEASUREMENT OF

WOMENS WORK IN

LABOUR FORCE

SURVEYS

OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION

1. International Standard Setting and Harmonisation

2. Statistical sources

3. Modular time use measurement – Labour Force Survey (ILO) pilot project

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF WOMEN’S WORK IN LABOUR STATISTICS

(ILO Strategy and Progress to date)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SETTING, HARMONISATION, AND THE FORMS OF

WORK FRAMEWORK – GROUNDING TU MEASUREMENT

KEY DATA SOURCES FOR MEASUREMENT OF FORMS OF WORK (LFS AND TUS)

STRENGTHS AND COMPLEMENTARITIES

Continuous Other multiple / year Annual Less than annual No data

(Reference period: - 2019)

LABOUR FORCE SURVEYS

➢The primary source of

official labour force statistics,

worldwide

➢ Increasing trend towards

continuous or annual fielding

➢ Increasingly aligned to

international standards for

labour statistics (ICLS)

1985-19942005 + 1995-2004 Prior to 1984 No data

(Reference period: - 2018)

”…[A] main source of

statistics on

participation and time

spent in own-use

production work…for

purposes of

individual, household

and macroeconomic

level analyses.”*

TUS support analysis of:

➢ Gendered divisions of labour

➢ Total work time (paid and unpaid)

➢ Household production + contribution to GDP

LFS MODULAR TIME USE MEASUREMENT - EXAMPLE

A pilot project in partnership with

LFS MODULAR TIME USE MEASUREMENT – ONGOING PILOT STUDY

Samantha Watson

watsons@ilo.org>

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