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SULTANATE OF OMAN. Time Use Survey For the Period 20/5/2007 – 19/5/2008. Introduction.
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SULTANATE OF OMAN Time Use Survey For the Period 20/5/2007 – 19/5/2008
Introduction • The Time Use Survey studies the activities performed by the individual during a day (24 hours), which include activities carried out inside or outside the home such as taking care of children, cleaning, social visits, going to work….etc. • The kind of activities and the time spent on them can be used in economic analysis in areas like (women participation in economic activities, value of home production and the informal sector production, productivity, time poverty ….etc.
Introduction • The report studies the activities performed by an individual (15 years of age and above) during the day (24 hours. • A sample representing the whole of the Sultanate and with a sample size of 2,500 Omani and non-Omani families. • It is worth noting that we conducted the Time Use Survey for the first time during the period 20/5/2000 to 19/5/2001.
Survey Objectives • Identify patterns of Time Use for individuals by economic and social activity…etc • Identify the economic activity of women • Measure productivity. • Determine the Informal sectors size and the Time spent by individuals in these sectors • Measure time poverty.
Survey Methodology The main ideas of the Survey plan are summarized as follows:- • The Survey period will be for 12 months. • The questionnaire has to be filled in a randomly chosen day within the third week from the recording of the household expenditure. It is important for the person who fills the questionnaire to refrain from choosing the date which will be chosen by the researcher. • All days of the week and holidays must be represented to reflect the seasonality of the time use during the year.
Individual Response and Non- Response Rate by Region in the Time Use Survey 2007 – 2008
Time Used by Omanis (15 years and above) in the Different Activities during the Day by Year of Survey
Comparison of Time Used by Omanis between 2008 & 2000 2000 2008
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