抄録
Individuals strategically allocate time to maximize their benefits, however social exclusion curbs the freedom to allocate time as per one's choice. To have a holistic understanding of social exclusion, the effects of income poverty, gender, housing conditions, and access to ICT were tested along with various other socio-economic variables. Type II Tobit models were constructed for six different activity types using a time use survey conducted in Mumbai for 1192 individuals. It was observed that individuals who belonged to the high income group participated in lesser number of shopping activities, allocating more time towards it. Significant variations were not observed in female time use patterns engaged in in-home activities, residing in different settlement types. Occupation type together with vehicle ownership significantly affected the time use behaviour in slum rehabilitation housing. In addition, it was observed that ICT enabled people to engage in higher number of leisure activities of smaller durations.
