The Statistical Center of Iran has published a report based on the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS 2016), illustrating a classification of all the activities an Iranian person spent time on during the 24 hours of a day during the second quarter of the current year (June 21-Sept. 21).
Its purpose is to serve as a standard framework for time-use statistics based on activities grouped in a meaningful way.
SCI’s report says an Iranian individual living in urban areas spent two hours and 56 minutes on employment and related activities (five hours and 21 minutes for men and 37 minutes for women); five minutes on production of goods for own final use; two hours and 51 minutes on unpaid domestic services for household and family members (four hours and 48 minutes for women and 50 minutes for men); 23 minutes on unpaid care giving services to household and family members; two minutes on unpaid volunteer, trainee and other unpaid work; and 10 minutes on learning.
The survey showed one hour and 37 minutes was spent on socializing and communication, community participation and religious practice (one hour and 27 minutes for men and one hour and 47 minutes for women); four hours and 13 minutes on culture, leisure, mass-media and sports practices (four hours and 24 minutes for men and four hours and three minutes for women); and 11 hours and 42 minutes on self-care and maintenance.
When compared with the preceding quarter (March 20-June 20), time spent on employment and related activities increased by 16 minutes and time spent on self-care and maintenance increased by four minutes.
Time spent on culture, leisure, mass-media and sports practices decreased by 14 minutes and time spent on learning dropped by 11 minutes.
ICATUS provides a framework with standardized concepts and definitions for the systematic dissemination of internationally comparable time use statistics, regardless of the type of instruments used for data collection. ICATUS can further be used to guide the collection of time use data, or be adapted into countries’ classifications reflecting national context and needs.
