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1 A Survey of time Use How South African women and men spend their timeStatistics South AfricaPrivate Bag X44 Pretoria 0001 South AfricaSteyn's Building274 Schoeman StreetPretoriaUsers enquiries:(012) 310-8600 Fax:(012) 310-8500 Main switchboard:(012) 310-8911 Fax:(012) Survey of time Use How South African women and men spend their timeStatistics South Africa2001 Pali LehohlaStatistician-GeneralPublished by Statistics South Africa , Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 Statistics South Africa , 2001 This publication, including the data on which it is based, is subject to copyright.

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4 Publications, Statistics South AfricaTel:(012) 310 8251 Fax:(012) 322 summaryBackground1 Objectives1 Methodology2 The System of National Accounts and unpaid labour3 Classification of activities3 Some key findings4 Conclusion7 Definitions and conceptsActor9 Employment status9 Episodes9 Population group10 Reproductive work10 Settlement area (stratum)10 System of National Accounts (SNA)11 Chapter 1: Background and methodologyBackground13 Design of the survey13 Questionnaire13 Sampling14 Pilot16 Fieldwork16 Training17 Data processing17 Weighting17 The activity coding system18 Special activities child care21 Special activities waiting21 Simultaneous activities22 Chapter 2: Description of respondentsGeneral characteristics25 The work situation of the respondents28 Chapter 3: Main findings Days of the week33 Episodes33 Overall description of time use activities35 Location43 Simultaneous activities45 ContentsChapter 4.

5 Examining time use activities in more detailEconomic work49 Education by occupation53 Unpaid labour - Housework56 time spent on housework in relation to access to appliances58 time spent on housework in relation to sources of fuel and water60 Unpaid labour - Care work66 Learning71 Leisure74 Personal care76 Travel78 Waiting79 Chapter 5: Conclusion81 References85 List of Tables Table 1:Distribution of enumerated households by type of settlement area25 Table 2:Distribution (unweighted) of respondents by background characteristics and sex26 Table 3:Distribution (weighted) of respondents by background characteristics and sex27 Table 4:Percentage distribution of respondents by monthly income category and source of income28 Table 5:Percentage distribution of personal income by population group and sex29 Table 6:Percentage distribution of respondents by occupation and sex30 Table 7:Percentage distribution of respondents by occupation and work status31 Table 8.

6 Distribution of diary days (unweighted) 33 Table 9:Mean number of episodes by ownership of a watch and type of settlement area (weighted figures in brackets)34 Table 10:The ten categories of the activity coding scheme and the mean time per day spent on them, by sex35 Table 11:Number of actors engaged in productive and non-productive activities, and mean minutes per day spent on each activity 37 Table 12:Mean minutes per day spent on productive and non-productive activities, by age group and sex38 Table 13:Mean minutes per day by activity category, population group and sex39 Table 14:Mean minutes per day spent on productive and non-productive activities, by employment status and sex39 Table 15:Mean minutes per day spent on productive and non-productive activities, by income category and sex40 Table 16:Mean minutes per day spent by single and other adults on productive and non-productive activities, by sex41 Table 17:Least enjoyable and most enjoyable activities by sex42 Table 18.

7 Distribution of simultaneous activity by category and sex46 Table 19:Most common combinations of two simultaneous activities47 Table 20:Most common combinations of three simultaneous activities47 Table 21:Most common combinations of child care and other activities48 Table 22:Engagement in SNA activity by employment status51 Table 23:Engagement in refined SNA activity by employment status52 Table 24:Mean minutes per day spent on housework by whether or not a domestic worker has the main responsibility for housework and sex of respondent57 Table 25:Distribution of individuals who did the most housework by sex and age57 Table 26:Mean minutes per day spent on household maintenance by women who are homemakers and those who are not homemakers, by type of dwelling 58 Table 27:Mean number of minutes per day spent on housework, including fetching fuel and water, by age group60 Table 28.

8 Distribution of households by source of energy and type of settlement area61 Table 29:Distribution of households by source of water and type of settlement area62 Table 30:Distribution of usual water collectors in households where water was collected from an off-site source, by type of settlement area63 Table 31:Respondents who had children under 7 years living with them or elsewhere and those who did not, by sex of respondent67 Table 32:Respondents who had children under 18 years living with them or elsewhere and those who did not, by sex of respondent67 Table 33:Mean minutes per day spent on child care by whether or not respondent had children under 7 living in the household or living elsewhere and sex of respondent68 Table 34:Mean minutes per day spent on child care by whether or not respondent had children under 18 living in the household or living elsewhere and sex of respondent68 Table 35.

9 Total minutes spent in the recorded day on child care by all respondents, by whether the activity was mentioned with or without prompting and sex of respondent69 Table 36:Child care by prompt, sex of respondent and type of activity69 Table 37:Distribution of reporting of child care, by number of children under 7 living with the respondent and sex of respondent70 Table 38:Distribution of reporting of child care, by number of children under 18 living with the respondent and sex of respondent71 Table 39:Mean minutes per day spent by students and non-students on learning, by sex and age group72 Table 40:Mean minutes per day spent by teenagers on learning, play and leisure activities, by sex73 Table 41:Distribution of minutes per day spent on learning by teenagers and older people, by location in which the activity took place73 Table 42:Mean minutes per day spent on leisure activities, by age group and sex75 Table 43:Mean minutes per day spent on leisure activities, by settlement type and sex75 Table 44.

10 Mean minutes per day spent on personal care activities, by age group and sex77 Table 45:Mean minutes per day spent travelling, by mode of travel and sex78 Table 46:Distribution of average minutes spent on different categ