Time use survey of university and polytechnic staff
Producer: Statistics Finland
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Description
The time use survey of university and polytechnic staff is an inquiry carried out at around ten-year intervals, in which the target population is the teaching and research staff financed from the basic budgets of universities, and the respective staff of polytechnics. The survey comprises two separate inquiries, one targeted at universities and the other at polytechnics. Each survey respondent records his or her own use of working hours during one week into a form designed for this purpose.
Data content
The survey studies the distribution of the working hours of the staff between different activities, such as teaching and research. The inquiry lasts for twelve months, enabling examinations of how the distribution of working hours fluctuates between academic terms. The survey also produces information about the age and educational structure of university and polytechnic staff.
Classifications used
The respondents record their working hours into a weekly calendar in which the activities of university staff are classified into 17 and those of polytechnic staff into 20 categories. The background variables for the time use data are: gender, year of birth, marital status, years of birth of dependant children, highest obtained degree, major subject/line of studies, place of attainment of degree, year of attainment of degree, subject/filed of post or position, service relationship, appointment to another university, position of trust/other task connected with post or position.
Data collection methods and data sources
Two extensive inquiry surveys in which data are collected with a questionnaire. The inquiries last for twelve months and the respondents are divided evenly across the weeks of the year. The respondents also have the possibility to use a specially designed electronic questionnaire.
Updating frequency
Approximately ten years.
Time of completion or release
Results will be available towards the end of 2005.
Time series
Data are available from the years 1983 and 1991-1992.
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Contact information
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Last updated 02.12.2008