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Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Egyptians spend over 40% of their lives asleep

The average Egyptian spends 29 years of their life asleep, according to CAPMAS’ first survey on time use, Al Shorouk reported. If Egyptians on average live to be 71.5 years old, they also spend 6.8 years of their lives at work and 3.0 years in the education system — slightly under the 3.2 years spent on personal grooming. According to the survey’s press release, the average male employed by the formal sector works 7 hours and 58 minutes a day, compared to 6 hours and 25 minutes for females. However, females on average spend 4 hours and 57 minutes doing unpaid household work, compared to 1 hour and 42 minutes for men. The time use survey is Egypt’s first and was conducted in early 2015.

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