By Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, and Agnes Quisumbing

HIGHLIGHTS

Time-use surveys are essential for addressing gender disparities, yet little research has compared time-use survey methods in developing countries.
Developing country agricultural contexts present unique logistical challenges to time-data collection, including low literacy and unfamiliarity with clock-oriented time.
In Bangladesh and Uganda, there are systematic differences between time-use estimates obtained using stylized questions and time diaries.
Men and women experience different emotions toward different types of work, and gender gaps exist in the distribution of pleasant and unpleasant activities.
Learning from non-economics disciplines, including research on quality of time, leads to richer insights into gendered time-use patterns.