Women

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Womens Roles in Non-economic Activities Using
Time Use Surveys in Thailand
Oarawan Suttangkul Bongkoj Wibultananun Wichan
Choorat National Statistical Office (NSO) of
Thailand
3rd Global Forum on Gender Statistics 10-13
October 2010 Manila, Philippines ESA/STAT/AC.219/3
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Non-economic activities

• Definition
• Work, services or activities
• without monetary remunerations,
• for household members, other households or
  community

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Non-economic activities (cont.)

• Group of activities for analysis
• Group 1 Household maintenance, management and
  shopping for own household
• Group 2 Care for children, the sick, elderly and
  disabled for own household
• Group 3 Community services and help to other
  household
• Data sources
• - The Time Use Surveys 2001 and 2004

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Historical development of Time Use Survey in
Thailand

• 2009
• - All day activities
• - Prepare time every 10 minutes
• Main and second activities
• (5 digits)
• - Represent
• (Whole kingdom, Region)

• 2004
• - All day activities
• - Prepare time every 10 minutes
• Main and Second activities
• (3 digits)
• - Represent
• (Whole Kingdom, Region)

(On data cleaning process)
2001 - All day activities - Main Activities (2
digits) - Represent (Whole Kingdom, Region)
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Average time of respondents aged 10 yrs and over
by activities group
(hours per day)
Non-economic activities
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Share of non-economic activities between 2001
and 2004
Population by sex
Group 1 Household maintenance, management and
shopping for own household Group 2 Care for
children, the sick, elderly and disabled for own
household Group 3 Community services and help to
other household
2001
2004
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Average time use for non-economics by sex and
activities
(hours per day)
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Group1 Household maintenance, management and
shopping for own household
Population by sex among different activities
2001
2004
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Group2 Care for children, the sick, elderly and
disabled for own household
Population by sex among different activities
2001
2004
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Group3 Community services andhelp to other
household
Population by sex among different activities
2001
2004
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Conclusions and policy recommendations

• Women participated in non-economic activities
  more than men, especially household services and
  care for household members.
• To reduce gender inequity, both economic and
  non-economic activities should be equally
  addressed.
• Non-economic activities, should be included in
  the GDP estimation.
• Need campaign to change social attitude,
  especially men, on sharing responsibility in
  non-economic activities.