Australia's time use survey was not revived until 2020-21, during which physical diaries were replaced with online diaries without an expectation they be completed in real time.
Notes on verification
Core facts (16-year gap, 2020-21 revival, paper-to-online diary transition) independently confirmed by Treasury press release, ABS official documents tabled in Parliament, and UN Statistics Division materials. The specific 'no real-time expectation' detail is not verbatim confirmed but is consistent with ABS methodology notes on data missingness and is a plausible expert elaboration.
Sources
- If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for little (theconversation.com)
- https://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/51st-session/side-events/documents/20200302-1M-Michelle-M.pdf (unstats.un.org)
- https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/how-australians-use-their-time-methodology/2024 (abs.gov.au)
- https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2022/media-releases/abs-commence-regular-time-use-survey-2024 (ministers.treasury.gov.au)
- https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2024/tus-wk-china-2024/01c. The drivers and uses of time-use data in Australia_Australia_Ms. Lisa Scanlon.pdf (unstats.un.org)
- https://www.abs.gov.au/about/legislation-and-policy/documents-tabled-parliament-abs/statistical-collections-tabled-parliament/Proposal%204%20of%202020.pdf (abs.gov.au)
- https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/how-australians-use-their-time-methodology/2020-21 (abs.gov.au)