Reference number R TS/98/02 Person number Participation code Time Use Survey Personal Questionnaire In confidence............
Showcard 1 1. Which ethnic group, or groups, do you belong to? Interviewer: Tick up to three boxes 11 New Zealand European / Pakeha 12 other European 21 New Zealand Maori 31 Samoan 32 Cook Island Maori 33 Tongan 34 Niuean 35 Tokelauan 36 Fijian 37 other Pacific Islands 41 Southeast Asian 42 Chinese 43 Indian 44 other Asian 50 other 2. How old were you last birthday? years 3. Do you have a husband / wife or partner who lives in the same household as you? 1 Yes Go to 4 Go to 5 2
4. This question is about the amount of time you have spent on particular activities in and around your home compared to your partner. Thinking about the last four weeks, would you say that you have spent more time, the same amount of time, or less time than your partner on these activities: Activity More Same Less N/A food preparation and clean up? 1 2 3 4 other indoor household work? 1 2 3 4 gardening and outdoor work? 1 2 3 4 home repairs? 1 2 3 4 vehicle maintenance? 1 2 3 4 shopping for the household? 1 2 3 4 child care of household children? 1 2 3 4 physical care of sick or disabled household members? 1 2 3 4 5. This group of questions is about the seven days ending today, that is from last up to and including today. 6. During those seven days, did you do any work for pay or profit in a job, business or farm? 1 Yes 7. During those seven days, did you have a paid job, business or farm that you were away from because of sickness, holidays or any other reason? 1 Yes 8. During those seven days, did you work without pay in a family business or farm? 1 Yes 9. Interviewer: Did respondent answer Yes to at least one of question 6, 7,or 8? Yes Go to 10 No Go to 33 3
10. Did you have more than one job during those seven days, including any for pay or profit as well as any without pay in a family business or farm? Yes Go to 11 No Go to 12 11. Did you have more than one job during those seven days as a result of changing jobs? 1 Yes Ask only about the job they no longer work at in the next set of questions. Job 1 12. First, I have some questions about your job / the job that you usually work the most hours in. What was your occupation in that job? 13. What were your main tasks or duties in that job? 14. Who was your employer in that job? NAME:... ADDRESS:...... 15. What is the main activity of the place in which you worked? 16. In that job, were you: 1 working for wages or salary? 2 an employer of others in your own business? 3 self-employed and not employing others? 4 working without pay in a family business or farm? 17. How many hours per week do / did you usually work in that job?...hours 0 don t have usual hours 4
18. Interviewer: If only one job (see question 10) Go to 33 If more than one job as a result of changing jobs (question 11 Yes ) Go to 33 If more than one job (question 11 No ) Go to 19 19. The next group of questions is about your other job(s). Apart from the job you just told me about, how many other jobs did you have during those seven days? Job 2 Interviewer: If more than two other jobs, ask about the two that the most hours are worked in. 20. What was your occupation in another one of your jobs (your other job)? 21. What were your main tasks or duties in that job? 22. Who was your employer in that job? NAME:... ADDRESS:...... 23. What is the main activity of the place in which you worked? 24. In that job, were you: 1 working for wages or salary? 2 an employer of others in your own business? 3 self-employed and not employing others? 4 working without pay in a family business or farm? 25. How many hours per week do / did you usually work in that job?...hours 0 don t have usual hours 26. Interviewer: If no more jobs (question 19 = 1) Go to 33 5
Job 3. What was your occupation in jobs (your other job)?...... 28 What were your that job?............ 29. ho was your employer in that job? NAME:... ADDRESS:......... 30. is the main activity of the place in which you work / worked?............. In that job, you: 1 working for wages or salary? 2 an employer of others in your own business? 3 others 4 working without pay in a family business or farm?. How many hours per week do / did you usually work in that job? hours 0 don t have usual hours 6
Showcard 33 33. Now I would like to ask you some questions about things you may have done without pay during the last four weeks. This question is about things you may have done for your own household during the last four weeks. During the last four weeks, did you do any of the things on this card, without pay, for yourself, or for people who live in the same household as you: Interviewer: Read out list. Tick all that apply. 1 looking after a child who lives in the same household as you? 2 cooking or other household work for your household? 3 gardening or repairs for your household? 4 shopping for yourself or your household? 5 coaching, training, teaching, or helping with schoolwork etc., for someone in your household? 6 looking after a person who lives in your household, who needed special care because of illness or disability? 7 other sorts of things, without pay, for your household or people who live in your household? What was that?.. 0 none of these 7
Showcard 34 34. This question is about things you may have done for people who do not live in the same household as you. (a) During the last four weeks, did you do any of the things on this card, without pay, for people who do not live in the same household as you: Interviewer: Read out each activity listed below and tick the ones R has done. For each one ticked, work across the row and ask (b). looking after a child who does not live in the same household as you? (b) Was this done for or through any organisation or group, for example, a marae, club, church or community group? Yes All for/through group Yes Some for/through group 1 2 3 No None for/through group household work? 1 2 3 gardening or repairs? 1 2 3 shopping? 1 2 3 coaching, training, teaching, or helping with schoolwork etc? 1 2 3 looking after a person who needed special care because of an illness or disability? 1 2 3 attending a committee meeting, organising, doing administration or policy work? fund-raising work, selling or something similar? other sorts of things without pay? What was that? 1 2 3 0 none of these 8
35. Interviewer: Are any of the boxes in the shaded area of question 34 ticked? Yes Go to 36 No Go to 38 36. Thinking about those things you did for, or arranged through, an organisation. Did you do them all for one organisation, or did you do them for more than one? 1 one Go to 38 2 more than one Go to 37 37. How many organisations did you do those things for, without pay, in the last four weeks? 38. Interviewer: Has respondent answered questions about one or more jobs? Check that question 9 is Yes if necessary. Yes Go to 42 No Go to 39 39. At any time in the last four weeks, have you been looking for paid work? 1 Yes Go to 40 Go to 42 9
Showcard 40 40. In the last four weeks, have you done any of the things on this card to find work: Interviewer: Read out list. Tick all that apply. 1 looked at job advertisements in newspapers? 2 written, phoned or applied in person to an employer? 3 contacted an employment agency? 4 contacted the New Zealand Employment Service? 5 placed advertisements about a job? 6 contacted friends or relatives about a job? 7 taken steps to set up your own business? 8 contacted careers advisers or vocational guidance officers? 9 anything else? What was that?.. 0 none of these 41. If a job had been available, would you have started last week? 1 Yes 3 don't know 4 depends Specify... 10
Showcard 42 42. Now a couple of questions about your income. First, in the four weeks ending today, which of the ways on this card have you yourself got income: Interviewer: Read out list. Tick all that apply. 1 wages, salary, commission, bonuses etc, paid by employer? 2 self-employment, or a business that you own and work in? 3 interest, dividends, rent, other investments? 4 ACC regular payment? 5 New Zealand Superannuation (National Super)? 6 private superannuation? 7 Unemployment Benefit? 8 Domestic Purposes Benefit? 9 Sickness Benefit? 10 Invalids Benefit? 11 Disability Allowance? 12 Student Allowance - don t count student loans? 13 other government benefits, government income support payments or war pensions? 14 other sources of income, including support payments from people who do not live in your household? 0 no source of income during that time. Showcard 43 43. Now I want to ask about your income in the 12 months ending today. Remember all those ways of getting income that were on the last card. What was the total income that you yourself got, before tax or anything else was taken out, in the 12 months ending today? Don't include income transferred from other household members, or loans. Interviewer: Read out list. 1 no income or loss 2 $5,000 or less per year 3 $5,001 - $10,000 4 $10,001 - $15,000 5 $15,001 - $25,000 6 $25,001 - $40,000 7 $40,001 and over 8 don t know 11
44. Interviewer: If respondent is a child at PRIMARY or INTERMEDIATE school Go to 50 45. Now some questions about your qualifications. Do you have any school qualifications in one or more subjects? 1 Yes 46. Have you done any training or education outside secondary school? 1 Yes Go to 47 Go to 50 47. Do you have any qualifications from that training or education? 1 Yes Go to 48 Go to 50 48. Is that qualification a completed one or a partly completed one? Part of a degree counts as a partly completed qualification, no matter how many units have been passed. 1 at least one complete Go to 49 2 all incomplete Go to 50 49. Did you have to pass a course lasting at least three months full-time, or the equivalent, to get that completed qualification / any of those completed qualifications? 1 Yes 50. That ends this set of questions. Now I would like to ask you about the diary you have filled in. 12