SURVEY DESIGN & OBJECTIVES (33KB)

- Independent survey

- To examine how women participate in economic life through an in-depth analysis of the different aspects of women's work
- To examine how socio-cultural norms and practices constrain total participation of women in economic life
- To quantify and describe in detail the different tasks done by women in order to better understand their nature and conditions
- To determine which factors influence women's contribution to development and, inversely, the effect of this contribution on demographic, economic and socio-cultural factors

METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

Recall interview and observation; repeated visits per day

SURVEY INSTRUMENTS(4.7MB)
Description

24-hour open diary with start and end times of main activity recorded; total time spent in hours and minutes recorded
Household, individual and community background questionnaires

Recording of simultaneous activities

Parallel activity is recorded

Context variables

Location; for whom/purpose

ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION

4-digit classification: 9 major groups; 36 2-digit groups

TIME SAMPLE

Covers whole year to account for seasonal variations in women's economic activity; designated days were assigned so that each day of the week is uniformly allocated to total number of sample diaries

REFERENCE POPULATION
Description

National; rural-urban; household population
Female household members 15-70 years old

Sample selection

2,776 female household member 15-70 years old randomly selected from 4,487 sample households

SOURCES

Condition socio-economique de la femme au Maroc. Enquete nationale sur le budget temps des femmes 1997/98. Rapport de Synthese - Volume1.zip (258KB)

Les emploi du temps de la femme au Maroc. Enquete nationale sur le budget temps des femmes 1997/98. Rapport de Synthese - Volume2.zip (322KB)