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Time-Use Surveys

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Activity Classifications National > Benin
1998 Time Use Survey Activity Classification

Technical notes:

Sixty-three (63) activities are pre-listed in the simplified diary. These are classified into 9 categories described below:

  1. Economic activities for the market
  2. Non-market economic activities
  3. Domestic activities
  4. Social activities
  5. Social activities of ceremonial type and other social activities
  6. Transport, traveling
  7. Leisure
  8. No activity (8 bis- Studying and education)
  9. Other activities not classified
Code Category Activity
1 8 Sleeping
2 8 Resting, doing nothing
3 8 Personal hygiene, dressing
4 8 Having meals
5 8 Having meals outside the household
6 3 Washing dishes
7 3 Upkeep of dwelling
8 3 Ironing
9 3 Washing linen
10 3 Other household maintenance
11 3 Repairs in the household
12 3 Drying food products
13 2 Fetching water
14 2 Preparing meals for the household
15 2 Fetching wood
16 3 Shopping
17 6 Travelling
18 3 Administrative activities
19 3 Taking care of children
20 3 Taking care of elderly, sick, etc.
21 1 Main activity
22 1 Secondary activity 1
23 1 Secondary activity 2
24 1 bis Looking for a job
25 2 Agriculture
26 2 Breeding cattle
27 2 Gardening
28 2 Little livestock
29 2 Livestock
30 2 Forestry
31 2 Hunting
32 2 Fishing
33 2 Harvesting
34 2 Spinning
35 2 Weaving
36 2 Braiding
37 2 Basketry
38 2 Crushing
39 2 Going to the mill
40 2 Processing agricultural products
41 2 Other processing for self-consumption
42 8 bis Studying at school
43 8 bis Studying at home
44 8 bis Reading, writing at home
45 8 Medical care
46 5 Receiving guests (relatives, friends, neighbors)
47 8 Other shopping
48 5 Discussing, chatting
49 5 Visiting relatives, friends, neighbors
50 5 Feasts
51 5 Attending ceremonies, baptisms, marriages, bereavements, etc.
52 2.5 Preparing food for ceremonies
53 2.5 Other processing or transformation activities for ceremonies
54 4 Participation in social meetings (political parties, trade unions, NGOs, community organizations)
55 4 Participation in meetings or religious practices (churches, mosques, Vodoun)
56 4 Teaching to write and read
57 7 Watching TV
58 7 Going to the cinema
59 7 Playing
60 7 Dancing
61 7 Pottery
62 7 Sports participation
63 9 Other, specify:......................
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