Living Standards Measurement Survey 2016-2017 - Malawi: Time Use and Labor

The Time Use & Labor measure includes 39 items from the Fourth Integrated Malawi Household Survey 2016 - 2017. The items include questions pertaining to the time allocated for unpaid household work, exchange or free labor, short-term rural labor (known as Ganyu in Malawi), wage employment and other income-generating activities such as farming, livestock and non-agricultural businesses. The Household questionnaire for the survey is developed by the Malawi Government National Statistical Office to collect information about living conditions and identify the consequences for households of current and proposed government policies.

Categories

Geographies Tested: Malawi

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adolescents, Adults

Items:

1. How many hours did you spend yesterday collecting water?

Response Options:
____ Hours

2. How many hours did you spend yesterday collecting firewood (or other fuel materials)?

Response Options:
____ Hours

3. In the last 12 months, did you work on household farming activities even if only for one hour?
4. In the last 12 months, did you work on household livestock activities even if only for one hour?
5. In the last 12 months, did you work on household fishing activities even if only for one hour?
6. In the last 12 months, did you run a non-farm business of any size for yourself or the household, even if only for one hour?
7. In the last 12 months, did you help in any kind of non-farm business run by this household, even if only for one hour?
8. In the last 12 months, did you work as an employee for a wage, salary, commission, or any payment in kind: including doing paid apprenticeship, domestic work or paid farm work, excluding ganyu, even if only for one hour?
9. In the last 12 months, did you engage in any unpaid apprenticeship for anyone that is not a member of the household, even if only for one hour?
10. In the last 12 months, did you engage in casual, part-time or ganyu labour, even if only for one hour?

Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2

11. In what type of economic activity did you spend most of your time in the last 12 months:

Response Options:
Wage employment excluding ganyu - 1
Household business (non-ag) - 2
Unpaid household labor (agric) - 3
Unpaid apprenticeship - 4
Ganyu - 5

12. How many hours in the last seven days did you spend on household farming activities whether for sale or for household food?

Response Options:
____ Hours

13. List up to 5 crops that you worked on during the last 7 days, listed in accordance with importance (importance defined as value addition in terms of non-market (consumption) or market (commercial sales) terms).

List All Crops In Order Of Importance, Starting With The Most Important Crop. Importance Defined As Value Addition In Terms Of Non-Market (Consumption) Or Market (Commercial Sale) Terms.

14. In regards to the first crop listed in Item 13, are the products you worked on…

Response Options:
All intended for sale - 1
Some are intended to be sold and some kept for use or consumption by your family - 2
All are intended to be kept for use or consumption by your family - 3

15. In regards to the first crop listed in Item 13, is it intended to sell…