Enquiries, Sources – Unpaid Work (the module in the Swiss Labour Force Survey SLFS)Overview

Short description	The «unpaid work module» provides data on domestic, childcare and voluntary work in Switzerland. The questions identify the different unpaid activities and record the time spent on them. This group of questions on unpaid work is included in the SLFS every three to four years. From 2010 questions on extra-familial childcare are linked with this module. The relatively wide spectrum of the SLFS enables data to be disaggregated in many different ways.
Responsible agency	Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Responsible service	Demography and Migration
Responsible person and information	Jacqueline Schön-Bühlmann, 032 713 64 18, jacqueline.schoen-buehlmann@bfs.admin.ch Information on FSO surveys for science and research: Communication Portal for Accessing Social Statistics (COMPASS)
Conducted by	Federal Statistical Office (FSO) in collaboration with LINK Marketing Services Lucerne/Lausanne/Zürich
Legal basis	Ordinance of 30 June 1993 on the conduct of federal statistical surveys (RS 431.012.1)
Type of enquiry	Survey based on sampling of households. 2/3 of the basic sampling: approx. 25,000 persons. For more details see see SLFS Overview .
Statistical basis and units of enquiry	Permanent resident population aged 15 and above
Features registered	Main responsibility for domestic tasks Hours spent on housework on reference day Hours spent on looking after children and care of adults on reference day Total hours spent on domestic tasks and childcare on reference day Participation in formal voluntary work in the 4 weeks prior to interview Hours spent on formal voluntary work on reference day and in the 4 weeks prior to interview Participation in informal voluntary work in the 4 weeks prior to interview Hours spent on informal voluntary work on reference day and in the 4 weeks prior to interview Take up of extra-familial childcare and duration
Degree of regionalisation	Switzerland and main regions (since 2002)
Date survey conducted	from 1997 to 2007: 2nd quarter every quarter from 2010
Date of survey	from 1997 to 2007: 2nd quarter from 2010: From January to December on a continuous basis
Periodicity	every 3 to 4 years
Available since	1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010
Statistical quality of data	see SLFS Overview
Revision	From 2010: Continuous survey, revision of questionnaire (especially questions on take up of extra-familial childcare)
Last Update	14.12.2011

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