Figures and tables in Collecting Data for Micro Analysis: Experiences from the Hus-pilot Study

This article contains 1 figure and 6 tables.

Figures

**Figure 1.** Use and accumulation of household resources in market and nonmarket activities.

Tables

Table 1. Response by Type of Contact

	Type of contact
	Contact interview	Leave behind diaries	Interview 1 inc. yesterday quest	Interview 2
Sample size, households	315
Household members in household with contact interview	403	403	403	403
Respondents, households	224
Respondents, individuals		305	317*	316
Response rate (%)	72.3	75.7	78.7*	78.4
Nonresponse by reason (%)
not found	2.4	0.5	4.0	2.0
refusal	24.4	21.3	17.1	18.6
other	0.9	2.5	0.2	1.0
total non-response	27.7	24.3	21.3	21.6
Cumulative response	403	305	280	268
Cumulative response rate (%)	100.0	75.7	69.5	66.5

7 individuals (1.7 %) did not respond to the yesterday questions.

Table 2. Comparison between the 7 Days Expenditure Diary and Yesterday Questions.

Commodity	Average expenditure difference per head	Standard error
1. Meals outside home	27.73	8.92
2. Everyday commodities	161.34	68.06
3. Clothing, shoes, etc	16.23	65.34
4. Personal care services	12.33	14.53
5. Medicine, etc.	24.35	7.08
6. Medical services	6.15	7.35
7. Childcare	24.58	7.96
8. Housing	212.40	288.65
9. Durables	147.05	48.78
10. Transport and communication	171.44	121.40
11. Pleasure, hobby and recreation	3.86	46.01
12. Use and maintenance of vacation house and boat	-3.07	13.95
14. Mortgage payments etc	-9.12	30.25
15. Other commodities	-0.23	0.23

Note: Sample size is 147 households. No expenditures were recorded for Commodity, 13, Courses and education, or for 16, Other services.

	Week 16	Week 17
Visit	4,5	1, 6
Telephone	2	3

Table 3. Comparison of Estimates from Personal Visits and Telephone Interviews. (Expenditures per head are given in Swedish kronor and time-use per head in minutes).

Commodity or activity	Average difference	Standard deviation
Meals during work outside home	1.70	1.25
Everyday commodities	-18.71	14.74
Clothing, shoes, etc	1.32	18.87
Durables	9.77	5.70
Transport and communication	11.71	20.86
Pleasure, hobbies and recreation	-1.31	11.31
Work for pay, etc	-4.63	63.73
Household work	-4.69	32.99
Care activities excl. sleep and rest	-28.21	29.92
Sleep and rest	-17.19	44.74
Shopping	-2.13	18.44
Maintenance and repairs	33.74	17.37
Education and courses	-6.29	26.38
Pleasure and recreation	-28.91	68.17
Travel	57.36	23.00
Other communication	-7.83	9.22
Don’t remember, refusal, gap	8.78	8.13

Table 4. Time-Use Estimates from Yesterday Questions Compared to Retrospective Questions for 14 Days.

	f	y	n	f	y	n	Δf	Δy
Maintenance and repairs	0.459	136	48	0.425	51	29	0.034	85*
Maintenance and repairs	(0.095)	(23)		(0.102)	(11)		(0.140)	(25)
Sport activities, walks etc	0.419	88	43	0.148	23	12	0.271	65*
Sport activities, walks etc	(0.104)	(13)		(0.087)	(6)		(0.136)	(14)
Spectator activities	0.186	137	20	0.213	15	13	-0.027	122*
Spectator activities	(0.081)	(14)		(0.093)	(5)		(0.123)	(15)
Guests at home	0.192	77	20	0.489	34	26	-0.297*	43*
Guests at home	(0.079)	(12)		(0.103)	(7)		(0.130)	(14)
Guest with someone else	0.491	180	56	0.470	74	26	0.021	106*
Guest with someone else	(0.103)	(20)		(0.099)	(20)		(0.143)	(29)
Sample size (after non·response)			206			57

Significant at the 5 % level with a one-sided t-test. Standard error in parenthesis.

Table 5. Time off Work at Work Estimated from Yesterday Time-Use Diaries and Retrospective Questions. (Number of respondents by time-use in minutes.)

Time-use diaries	Retrospective questions SY34-SY36
Time-use diaries	1-15	16-30	31-45	46-60	61-	Total
0	3	3	2	1	6	15
1-15	0	0	0		0	l
16-30	0	0	3	2	7	12
31-45	l	l	2	2	9	15
46-60	0	1	0	5	8	14
61-	2	0	2	3	14	21
Total	6	5	9	14	44	78