WHAT DO YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS DO WITH THEIR TIME? I - WORKERS AND LEARNERS
Introduction
Analysis
Table 1 - Youth in employment, education and training |
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Weekdays |
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Average minutes per day |
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Working |
In education, not working |
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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At work |
378 |
328 |
0 |
0 |
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Work-related travel |
57 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
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Educational activities[2] |
22 |
15 |
325 |
314 |
|
Education-related travel |
5 |
3 |
59 |
59 |
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Household maintenance |
65 |
147 |
72 |
120 |
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Care of persons |
3 |
31 |
2 |
15 |
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Community service |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Social and cultural activities |
114 |
76 |
149 |
93 |
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Mass media[3] |
104 |
93 |
140 |
122 |
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Sleeping and related activities |
513 |
519 |
521 |
530 |
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Other personal care[4] |
172 |
164 |
171 |
168 |
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Total |
1436 |
1432 |
1440 |
1422 |
Table 2[5] |
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Week days |
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Average minutes per day |
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Men |
Work in establishments |
Primary production |
Work not in establishments |
Urban formal |
394 |
3 |
20 |
Urban informal |
367 |
15 |
26 |
Tribal |
181 |
65 |
29 |
Rural formal |
427 |
42 |
8 |
Women |
Work in establishments |
Primary production |
Work not in establishments |
Urban formal |
344 |
2 |
14 |
Urban informal |
327 |
3 |
27 |
Tribal |
155 |
55 |
25 |
Rural formal |
400 |
17 |
8 |
Table 3 |
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Work time distribution |
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Weekdays |
Urban formal |
Urban informal |
Tribal |
Rural formal |
All |
Men |
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Zero |
16,6% |
17,0% |
18,7% |
7,7% |
16,7% |
Less than 7 hours |
19,8% |
21,5% |
49,4% |
18,0% |
28,8% |
7 hours to less than 9 hours |
36,7% |
33,4% |
18,9% |
36,6% |
31,0% |
9 hours or more |
26,9% |
28,1% |
12,9% |
37,7% |
23,4% |
Total |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
Women |
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Zero |
19,4% |
19,9% |
25,3% |
7,9% |
20,6% |
Less than 7 hours |
29,0% |
33,1% |
47,5% |
28,6% |
34,6% |
7 hours to less than 9 hours |
34,4% |
30,9% |
17,4% |
31,9% |
29,1% |
9 hours or more |
17,2% |
16,1% |
9,8% |
31,5% |
15,7% |
Total |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
100,0% |
Conclusion
NOTES:
[1] Train, work, sleep.
[2] Educational activities include school, college or university attendance, homework, studies and course review, additional study, non-formal education and courses, and work-related training
[3] Mass media refers overwhelmingly to watching television and videos and listening to the radio and music
[4] Other personal care consists mainly of eating and drinking, personal hygiene and health and rest and relaxation
[5] Work in establishments refers roughly to formal employment, and work outside them refers to informal employment. Primary production refers to household production of predominantly agricultural goods