there are some advantages to including modules or questions on time use in household surveys such as lower implementation costs as the methodology and sample design are part of a regular survey which also ensures periodicity and comparability with other indicators in the national statistical system milosavljevic and tacla this methodology also allows crossreferencing with other survey modules the regional gender agenda has driven the gradual development of timeuse measurement since the s in addition to the consensus reached by governments at the regional conferences for women in latin america and the caribbean the working group on gender statistics of the statistical conference of the americas sca has played a notable role in conceptual and methodological development and in the production and dissemination of analytical documents relating to time use cuba pioneered the field with its national timeuse surveys in and aguirre and ferrari the methodologies used were heterogeneous in terms of the objectives legal fundamentals collection process classification of activities geographic scope and calculated and disseminated indicators