The present study measures time poverty and its incidence
across gender, occupational groups, industries, regions, and income
levels using Time Use Survey (TUS) 2007, the first nationwide time use
survey for Pakistan. In the entire TUS sample, the incidence of time
poverty is 14 percent. Women are found to be more time poor than men
whether employed or not. This is because of certain women-specific
activities that they have to perform irrespective of their employment
status. Working women are far more time poor than those not working..
Women accepting a job have to make a major trade-off between time
poverty and monetary poverty. People working in professions and
industries that generally require extended work hours and offer low wage
rates are more time poor. This entails a situation of double jeopardy
for workers who tend to be money and time poor at the same time. The
close association of time poverty with low income found in this study
corroborates this conclusion. Government can help reduce time poverty by
enforcing minimum wage laws and mandatory ceiling on work hours in
industries with high concentration of time poverty. Eradication of
monetary poverty can also eliminate the need to work long hours at low
wages just to survive. A fair distribution of responsibilities between
men and women.is also needed. Keywords: Time Poverty, Gender
Disparities, Time Use, SNA Activities, Time Use Survey,
Pakistan