Time Use Survey 2024 data users’ conference
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What happened
- NSO and CDS Thiruvananthapuram held a data users’ conference on the Time Use Survey 2024 on 22 September 2025 [PIB].
- TUS shows how people split time between paid work, unpaid care, learning and leisure; TUS 2024 builds on the 2019 survey [PIB].
Background
- It gives comparative evidence on gender roles [PIB].
Why it matters
- Unpaid care work data are key to understanding low female labour participation.
How to use this in Mains
- As per PIB (2025-09-20): NSO and CDS Thiruvananthapuram held a data users' conference on the Time Use Survey 2024 on 22 September 2025.
- Unpaid care work data are key to understanding low female labour participation.
Quotable data pointTUS shows how people split time between paid work, unpaid care, learning and leisure; TUS 2024 builds on the 2019 survey.
PIB: Data users conference on TUS 2024, 20 Sep 2025
Exam angle
UPSC
Prelims: TUS.
Practice MCQs
Original practice questions (not PYQs).
Practice · UPSC
Earlier Time Use Survey was in
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB.
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Official source: PIB: Data users conference on TUS 2024, 20 Sep 2025
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