Overview of the Time Use Survey 2024
The survey conducted by the National Statistics Office provides insights into the daily activities of individuals, focusing on employment, domestic responsibilities, and leisure activities.
Employment Participation
- Men's Participation: Increased to 75% in 2024 from 70.9% in 2019.
- Women's Participation: Rose to 25% in 2024 from 21.8% in 2019.
The average time spent by individuals in employment-related activities was noted to be 440 minutes a day. Specifically, men spent 473 minutes while women spent 341 minutes in such activities.
Unpaid Domestic Services
- Women's Time: Decreased to 305 minutes from 315 minutes in 2019.
- Men's Time: Averaged 88 minutes per day.
Caring for Household Members
- Women: Spent 137 minutes daily.
- Men: Spent 75 minutes daily.
Cultural, Leisure, and Mass Media Activities
- Overall Time Spent: 171 minutes daily.
- Men: 177 minutes.
- Women: 164 minutes.
Learning and Self-Care
- Children (Aged 6-14): Spent 413 minutes daily on learning-related activities.
- Self-care and Maintenance: Averaged 708 minutes daily for individuals aged 6 and above.
Caregiving Participation
- Women (Ages 15-59): 41% participated in caregiving, spending 140 minutes daily.
- Men: 21.4% participated, spending 74 minutes daily.
This highlights the gender disparity in caregiving responsibilities within Indian households.
Production for Own Final Use
- Population Participation: 16.8% engaged in this activity, spending 116 minutes daily.
Survey Demographics
- Total Households Surveyed: 1,39,487 (Rural: 83,247, Urban: 56,240).
- Total Persons Enumerated (Age 6+): 4,54,192 (Rural: 2,85,389, Urban: 1,68,803).
