Appendix A.7
Labour Table Appendix
Table A.7.29 Weekly time use for women in Gaza and the West Bank by labour force status
(UNW = Unweighted number of respondents)
| Gaza | West Bank |
| All women | In labour force | Not in labour force | All women | In labour force | Not in labour force |
Weekly hours of "economic" activity |
0 | 81 | - | 85 | 59 | - | 71 |
1-7 | 10 | - | 11 | 15 | - | 16 |
8-35 | 7 | - | (4) | 15 | (25) | 11 |
36 or more | (2) | - | - | 11 | 67 | (3) |
Average hours | 3 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 4 |
Weekly hours of housework |
0-28 | 14 | - | 13 | 21 | 53 | 18 |
29-49 | 23 | - | 22 | 31 | (33) | 29 |
50-70 | 41 | - | 43 | 27 | (10) | 31 |
71 or more | 22 | - | 22 | 21 | - | 25 |
Average hours | 55 | 42 | 55 | 49 | 31 | 52 |
Weekly hours of studying |
0 | 87 | - | 87 | 89 | 94 | 89 |
1-21 | (2) | - | - | (4) | - | (4) |
22-42 | 8 | - | 8 | 4 | - | (4) |
43 or more | (3) | - | (3) | (3) | - | (4) |
Average hours | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Weekly hours of relaxing and other activity |
0-21 | 43 | - | 41 | 38 | 35 | 37 |
22-28 | 16 | - | 16 | 13 | (16) | 13 |
29-42 | 27 | - | 28 | 38 | 41 | 37 |
43 or more | 15 | - | 15 | 11 | (7) | 12 |
Average hours | 28 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Total | 90 | 100 | 89 | 88 | 96 | 87 |
N (UNW) | 483 | 32 | 451 | 503 | 96 | 407 |
N (NIW) | 419 | 25 | 394 | 675 | 127 | 548 |
|