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UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ESA/STAT/AC.254 Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division English only __________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the Revision of the United Nations Trial International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS), 11-13 June 2012, New York Report of the Meeting* Prepared by United Nations Statistics Division 08 October 2012 _________________________________________________ ( This document is being reproduced without formal editing Table of contents Page Background, objectives and organization of the meeting 3 Opening session 4 Session 1: ICATUS – Background, scope and implementation in countries 5 Session 2: ICATUS and the classification of productive activities within the SNA production boundary (A. paid work activities) 7 Session 3: ICATUS and the classification of productive activities outside the SNA production boundary (B. unpaid work activities) 8 Session 4: ICATUS and the classification of non-productive activities (C. personal activities) 10 Session 5: ICATUS 2012 Contextual Variables 11 Session 6: ICATUS 2012 – Summary of proposed changes 12 Session 7: Adoption of Recommendations 13 Recommendations of the Expert Group Meeting on the revision of ICATUS 15 Annexes 20 I. List of Participants 20 II. Meeting Agenda 24 III. ICATUS 2012 28 Background, objectives and organization of the meeting The United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the revision of the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS) was convened in New York from 11 to 13 June 2012. The meeting was organized by the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). The meeting was held with the major objective of reviewing ICATUS: (a) to take into account the feedback and many comments received from intern