Time Distribution Patterns on Different Daily Activities and Its Relation to Some Socioeconomic Characteristics of Working and Non Working Women in Nawasa Village in Daqahlia Governorate

The present research was conducted to study time distribution patterns on different daily activities ( Productive , living , social and entertainment , sleep & rest time ) of working and non working women in Nawasa village in Daqahlia Governorate.
Data were collected from the sample which were selected by using questionnaire sheet, through personal interviews with 68 women under study. The sample included 34working and 34 non working women. Percentage, simple correlation and chi square test were used to statistically analyze data.
Data revealed that the educational levels of working women were better than that for non working women. The majority of working women (82.4%) had secondary, intermediate or high education. On the contrary the percentage of non working women having the above mentioned levels was (11.8%). The educational status for working women's husbands was better than those of non working women. The percentages of them having the high level of education accounted 79.4% , and 17.6% , respectively.
For more than half of working women sample had small family size (3-5 person ), whereas 67.6 % of non working women belonged to big families with more than 5 persons.
Land holding size for working women was better than that for non working women. However, animal holding showed the opposite trend.
The income and equipment holding  were better for working women compared with  those non working .
The data also showed that 61.7% from working women belonged to moderate socio-economic level, while more than half of the non working women (55.9%) were in the low level .
The daily time distribution pattern showed that the non working women spent more time in living activities than those working counterparts. Half of working women sample used to spend about 6 hours daily in their work. In the same time no differences were observed between the two samples working and housewives for time distribution on social & entertainment, sleep & rest.
The result also revealed that formal work time was significantly associated with the socio- economic level. Significant correlations were also found between work time and each of husbands education, women’s education number of owned equipment.
The results also showed a significant relationship between family size and the hours that housewife spend in living activities.