TUS 2015
Mongolian, 2015 - 2016
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DDI-EN-NSO-TUS-2015
TUS 2015
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Mongolian | MGL |
According to the Law on Statistics, it required the conduct of TUS every four years, National Statistical Office of Mongolia conducted third time use survey (TUS) in 2015 with international methodology.
Needs of Time-use surveys
Our country must fulfill its obligations in according with the international agreements and conventions as a member of the United Nations, such as implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the World Women conference on "Women Development Strategy" held in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi on March In 1985 and the "Beijing Declaration" by the Fourth World Conference In Beijing in 1995. In addition, there is a mandatory requirement for monitoring for the national program of "Gender Equality" was approved by government in 2002 and implementation of the law and updating necessary data.
The key importance of the TUS are to determine the time spent on household members for unpaid labor and to define the overall picture of the population time use and to calculate value added has become in household level and data processing needed to System of National Account and to provide data needed to policy making.
The goal of the Survey
The main goal of the survey are to determine the activity on the working population and to create the time spent on labor paid and unpaid by sex and updating the necessary data to determine population lifestyles.
In addition, the goal was include classifying and identifying the activities by years and months, that engaged by population.
Survey objectives are:
- Determine time spent in unpaid and paid work by gender and 5 years age groups.
- Determine Mongolian population life pattern, and its change.
- To increase the scope of value added calculation of informal sector
- Obtain data essential to monitoring progress in connection with completion the National Program of Gender equality in 2015.
A Time use survey is a household statistical survey that provides data on how, on average, people spend their time.
Survey findings show time spent in unpaid and paid work, people's daily activities, and spent time on those activities by specific age group, particularly adult, working age people, children and youth. Also statistical information useful for policy making and decision making was disaggregated by national, area, and gender etc.
Household and household members.
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2015-12-11
Scope
As mentioned earlier, households are defined as sampling unit. In total, 4,000 households selected for the sample, of these 3,998 were successfully interviewed for household questionnaire. In the interviewed households, 10,696 people age 12 years and over were identified, of these 10,693 were successfully interviewed for individual questionnaire.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National statistical office | NSO |
Sampling
Sampling frame
The TUS is a household based survey. Therefore, households are defined as sampling unit. The total sample size determined as 4,000 households or 0.5 percent of total households, representing the entire households in Mongolia. Since the survey covered 4 quarters, sample size was divided into four equal parts for four quarters.
Excluded are the Mongolian citizens residing outside the country or in military camps, orphanages, care centers, hospitals, prisons and other correctional institutions for more than six months.
All 8 provinces and 8 districts from Ulaanbaatar representing the five regions of Western, Khangai, Central, Eastern and Ulaanbaatar, that was surveyed.
Sampling method
The sampling design used a two-stage sampling method.
- Stage 1: The proportionate number of households for each of the 5 regions of Mongolia was determined using probability sampling method. Following this method, it was established that there should be 640 HHs from the Western region, 800 HHs from Khangai region, 800 HHs from Central region, 560 HHs from Eastern region, and 1200 HHs from Ulaanbaatar. The lowest administrative units, kheseg of khoroo for Ulaanbaatar, bagh of soum for aimags (provinces), were defined as primary sampling units (PSUs).
In total, 200 PSUs were selected with probability proportional to size. - Stage 2: After household listing of the selected PSUs was carried out by the statistical departments or divisions, 20 households were selected using systematic sampling from each PSU.
Sample household
Primary data collection unit of the survey is the household because the TUS is a household based survey. 13626 people from 3990 households' selected 14173 people from 4000 households were participated in the study.
Age over 12 years, 6914 people from selected 10091 people was fully participated in data collection of the survey and was answered in individual questionnaire.
Survey instrument
In line with the survey objectives and coverage if the survey, the questionnaires and manual were developed based on recommendations and methodology of EUROSTAT and UN Statistics Division and other countries' experiences. Pilot survey was conducted covered 50 households in order to pretest clearness of questionnaire, coherence between questions and define average time spent for interviewing one household.
There were two questionnaires:
- TUS-1 refers to the Household and Individual questionnaire which contains questions on household listing, type of dwelling, water and sanitation, main source of electricity and heating, assets for households; education information, marital status, health status and employment status for people age 12 years and over.
- TUS-2 refers to the Diary. This contains questions on daily activities and time spent for those activities.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | 2016-01-01 | Every month |
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | 2016-01-01 | Every month |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
Data collection started in March and ended on the third week of December 2015. The fieldwork was conducted in every third week of March, June, September and December in 2015. Reference period was the "last week" or the week in which the survey took place. All days of week were covered in the diary.
Data processing
Data Editing
The methods was used in combination for data collection process from the selected households, that are the computer assisted personal interview (CAPI) and paper assisted personal interview (PAPI).
Specifically, the researchers take the questionnaire from households and individuals using tablet. Diary of paper forms was checked in the household and edited into computer.
Data gathered from the field were coded and activities were classified according to the "International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics" developed by UNSD. (Annex-2)
The average time spent on each activity was calculated by all charecteristics, such as by population, by specific groups of the population, by age, by sex, by urban and rural areas and by regions.
Metadata production
DDI-EN-NSO-TUS-2011
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| National statistical office | NSO | MNG | Study of documentation |
2016-01-11
Metadata version
Version 1.0