1.1.6 Time Use Indicators for Measuring National Well-being

Research Area 1. Social Science and Humanities Aspects of Human Capital → Research Program 1.1 Social Structure and Wellbeing of Households in the Framework of Sustainable Development Indicators

Project period

2021-2025

Context of Research Project within a Subject of Human Capital

Developing research in the field of labor economics, studying factors influencing the increase in economic growth, as well as the criticism of the GDP figure as the main indicator of national progress has led to the active introduction of the concepts of human potential, human capital and human development into the scientific context of creating integrated systems of welfare assessments for countries and regions.

The research project Wellbeing Assessment and Time-Use Budgets focuses on the development of well-being assessment system for Russia with the possibility of regional comparisons. The project pays special attention to time use, as one of the central topics in the well-being assessment research agenda.

Project Aim

Studying the use of time budgets as an integral part of the well-being assessment, create a comprehensive system of well-being indicators for Russia with the regard to the best international practices.

Project Objectives:

1. Actualizing information about available data for measuring well-being domains in Russia and developing recommendations for creating new data (objective assessments, subjective assessments, big data)
2. Testing the system of indicators based on the data of the survey of the Russian population as a whole and clarifying the concept of the well-being assessment system
3. Creating guidelines for the well-being assessment system in Russia
4. Studying the structure of the time use in Russia, identification of sustainable forms of time use by key socio-demographic groups, assess and analyze gender gap factors in the use of work time, family time and other types of time in  Russia

Key Findings

2020

The research project has been implemented since 2021

2021

The analysis of time use in Russia as a component of a well-being assessment has been carried out. Tendencies in the time use for some social groups (including the example of working women with children in Russia) under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic have been revealed

2022

Estimates of the time spent by Russians on the main types of activities have been obtained. Trends in the use of time budgets in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic have been analyzed, taking into account the persistence of a serious gender gap in the amount of time spent on unpaid work, blurred boundaries between working and non-working time associated with the spread of remote employment formats, predominance of online communication with friends and relatives over the traditional format of communication, as well as development of digital format as a full-fledged alternative for cultural content consumption

The duration of the main activities of Russians during the day (in minutes).

Source: "Everyday practices of the population: Consumer Choice and Time Budgets", HSE

2023

Children's drawings as an answer to the question "What is the most important thing in life for you?"

Studies of children's well-being and children's time budgets have shown that children call family, communication and personal achievements the most important things in their lives. Children enjoy both live communication and online communication equally.

On average, children spend 6 hours and 29 minutes on the Internet a day. At home and at school, children spend the same amount of time on weekdays – almost 6 hours a day.

Projects of young scientists within the competition of The Foundation for the Development of Applied Research

Using the time budget in the context of the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalization processes (RU), 2021

Publications

Report Social Protection in Russia Before and After the Pandemic: Forks of the Future (RU). Authors: E. Andreeva, S. Biryukova, N. Voronina, E. Gorvat, E. Gorina, A. Goryainova, D. Kareva, M. Nagernyak, E. Nazarbayeva, A. Pishnyak, D. Pomazkin, D. Popova, E. Selezneva, O. Sinyavskaya, S. Ter-Akopov, M. Ustinova, N. Khalina. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of Social Policy, Moscow: HSE, 2022.

N. Voronina, M. Nagernyak, N. Mikhailova, S. Ter-Akopov «Budgets are not just about money. How do we spend our time?» // Research digest # 3 (20). -2023.

N. Voronina, N. Mikhailova, M. Nagernyak, L. Ovcharova, S. Ter-Akopov. Development of integrated approaches to measuring well-being and quality of life and accounting for human potential indicators // Educational Policy. - 2023. -№ 3(95). P. 61-75.

V. Anikin, E. Antonov, V. Antonova, V. Boos, K. Vishnevsky, V. Vlasova, N. Voronina, M. Gershman, O. Glezer, A. Grebenyuk, O. Demidkina, A. Demyanova, M. Denisenko, M. Zotova, E. Kardanova, E. Kashirskaya, V. Kozlov, Yu. Koreshnikova, I. Korshunov, N. Kurichev, E. Kutsenko, D. Leontiev, Yu. Milshina, N. Mikhailova, M. Nagernyak, A. Nefedova, L. Ovcharova, E. Orel, A. Petrakova, E. Pozdnukhova, T. Kanonir, E. Potapchik, M. Rogov, V. Rud, S. Sazhina, S. Safronov, E. Selezneva, O. Sinyavskaya, P. Sorokin, M. Sushentsova, S. Ter-Akopov, S. Timonin, A. Timofeev, K. Frelich, A. Kharkhurin, A. Sheludkov, N. Shirkova, N. Shmatko, A. Shchur. Human potential: modern interpretations and research results // Scientific ed.: L. Ovcharova, V. Anikin, P. Sorokin. All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, 2023. doi

Conferences

XXIII Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on Problems of Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 5-22, 2022): round table Social and Economic Inequality: Current Research Agenda (04/05/2022): Nagernyak М., Voronina N. Gender Inequality in Household Labor Division

XXIV Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 4-14, 2023):

- Roundtable «Innovative directions of human potential research» (07/04/2023)

X International Forum of Technological Development TECHNOPROM-2023 «Science, Technology, industry at the heart of regional development» (Novosibirsk, Russia, August 22-25, 2023):

- Roundtable «Social and Humanitarian Sciences as drivers of development of Russian society in the era of global change» (08/24/2023)

Scientific and practical seminar «Development of approaches to the study and measurement of child well-being» (Moscow, October 5, 2023). Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S. Time budgets in the context of studying child welfare

International Conference «Economic aspects of the study of human resources in historical perspective» (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 16-17, 2023). Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S. Time Budgets in Russia over 100 years: the formation of a historical base (17/11/2023)

International Scientific and Practical Conference «Child Welfare: from scientific research to practical application in the interests of children» (Moscow, November 23, 2023). Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S. Time budgets in the context of studying child welfare

The 45th International Conference of the International Association for Time Budget Research IATUR (45th International Association for Time Use Research Conference) (Tokyo, Japan, November 28-30, 2023). Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S., Ter-Akopov S.A., Voronina N.D. Gender inequality in the distribution of household responsibilities: cross-national comparison (Gender inequality in household labor division: cross-national comparison) (30/11/2023)

II All-Russian Scientific Conference «Digitalization of Society: Transformation of everyday practices and research perspectives» (Moscow, December 11-12, 2023). Ter-Akopov S.A., Voronina N.D. Time on the Internet: patterns of digital activity of modern Russians (12/12/2023)

Roundtable «Modern tools for assessing children's well-being. The results of 2023» (Moscow, December 20, 2023). Ovcharova L.N., Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S. Children's time budgets through the eyes of children and parents

Roundtable «Innovative areas of human potential research: from the development of a scientific idea to its implementation» (Moscow, April 17, 2024). Mikhailova N.S. Work-life balance through the prism of time budgets

Roundtable «Modern approaches to measuring child well-being in order to develop human potential and develop evidence-based social policy» (Moscow, April 24, 2024). Nagernyak M.A., Mikhailova N.S. Child welfare through the prism of time budgets: how children use their time in different parts of the world