Classification of the Baltic Sea Region countries due to the time of household work  Cover Image

Klasyfikacja krajów nadbałtyckich ze względu na czas prac wykonywanych w gospodarstwie domowym
Classification of the Baltic Sea Region countries due to the time of household work

Author(s): Christian Lis, Marta Hozer-Koćmiel
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: household work; time use survey; HETUS; the Baltic Sea Region countries; k-means method

Summary/Abstract: In spite of differences in the amount and value of household work in the Baltic Sea Region countries, there is a similarity in the use of time spent on this kind of work in Scandinavian countries and in Germany as well as in the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) and Poland. The article presents the results of their classification on the basis of the time of work done in the household. For this purpose the method of k-means and the data from the HETUS time budgets were used. Furthermore, the relation between the value of the household work and gross domestic product was measured.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 385
  • Page Range: 129-137
  • Page Count: 9