For both men and women, the most common type of unpaid work for people outside the home is looking after a child. Rural men spend, on average almost an hour's extra paid work per day, compared to urban men. The Time Use Survey was conducted over a full year, from July 1998 to June 1999. It gathered information on time use by women and men, Maori and non-Maori, and rural and urban people aged 12 years and over living in private households. Results from the survey will be released progressively over the next few months.
Several countries conduct time use surveys every five years.