Half of Pakistanis wear wristwatch all the time: survey

ISLAMABAD: More than half of all Pakistanis (52 per cent) claimed to own a wristwatch as compared to 34 per cent who said they do not while a higher percentage of men (63 per cent) than women (37 per cent) own a wristwatch, says a latest survey released here on Wednesday.
According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey, amongst those who own a wristwatch, 50 per cent wear it all the time, 23 per cent wear it when they go out, 15 per cent claimed they seldom wear wristwatch and five per cent said they wear it when they leave for work. Interestingly six per cent respondents said they do not ever wear it.
Thirty-five per cent respondents said they use a wall clock or some other time piece to check the time, 32 per cent use their wristwatches, 14 per cent use their mobile phone, eight per cent just ask someone else and 11 per cent seldom need to know the time or gave no response.
A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country was asked: "Do you own a wrist watch?"
To find out how often people wear their wristwatches, the respondents who claimed to own a wristwatch were asked: "Usually when do you wear your wrist watch?"
Majority (50 per cent) said they always wear it, 23 per cent said they wear their wristwatch when they go out. Fifteen per cent claimed they seldom wear wristwatch and five per cent said they wear it when they leave for work.
Interestingly amongst those who earlier claimed to own a wristwatch, six per cent said they do not ever wear it. One per cent gave no response.
The data reveals that a significantly higher percentage of rural people (61 per cent) and men (59 per cent) wear their wristwatches all the time as compared to the urbanites and women who usually wear their wristwatches when stepping out of the house.
The study was released by Gilani Research Foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The latest survey was carried out among a sample of 2,087 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of Pakistan. Error margin is estimated to be approximately +2-3 per cent at 95 per cent confidence level.