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What do we do with our time? How much time do we spend on each activity in a normal day?

Percentage of the population who carry out each activity during the day. Catalonia 2001

Activity % population Time (hours)
Sleeping 100 8,5
Meals 99,8 1,6
Work 37,6 7,5
Study 12,2 5,1
Family and home 82,6 3,3
Voluntary work 9 2,1
Social life and enjoyment 58,6 2
Sport 38,4 2,1
Hobbies and games 17,1 1,5
The media 85,1 2,3
Commuting. Others. 83 1,3

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How many people are members of sporting federations?

Members of sproting federations. Catalonia 2005

  Members of sporting federations
Men 501.951
Woman 110.242
Total 612.193

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How often do we travel?

Number of journeys in millions. Catalonia 2001-2005

  Journeys (million)
2001 9.3
2002 9.6
2003 9.9
2004 10.3
2005 11.1

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What is the purpose of these trips?

Purpose of trips made by Catalans. Catalonia 2005

Purpose Trips (million)
Leisure. Holidays 8,615.2
Trade fairs and conferences 117.6
Other business trips 512.8
Visiting family and friends 1,515.2
Studies and other reasons 419

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How many tourists have visited us in the last few years?

The number of people who have visited Catalonia in millions. Catalonia 2001-2005

Year Tourists (million)
2001 15.4
2002 16.9
2003 17.1
2004 18.2
2005 19.9

Spanish tourists
Foreign tourists



Where are they from?

Origin of the tourists. Catalonia 2005

Origin Tourists
Spaniards 26%
Germans 7%
Belgians and Dutch 7%
French 20%
Italians 5%
English 11,6%
Nordic people 2%
Swiss 1,6%
Others 18%

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How many of us know Catalan?

Knowledge of Catalan language. Catalonia 2001

Degree of knowledge Population
Understand it 94.5%
Can speak it 74.5%
Can read it 74.2%
Can wite it 49.7%
Do not understand it 5.5%

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What language do we normally speak in?

Linguistic uses. Catalonia 2003

Regular language

% of use

Catalan 50%
Spanish 44%
Both 4.6%
Others 1.1%

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How many Catalan people use computers? And go online? What do we use Internet for?

Rate of computer and Internet use. Catalonia 2005

  % of users
Computers 54.8%
Internet 47.8%

What do we use Internet for?

  % of users
Email 38.8%
Chat 13.5%
Recreation 19.3%
Purchasing 15.8%

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How many pupils are there at each stage of education? And, how many per teacher?

Number of pupils per level of education and per teacher. Catalonia course 2004-2005

  Pupils Pupils per teacher
Nursery education 264.355 nursery+primary: 13,3
Primary education 368.267  
Secondary education 415.314 10.6
University education 225.969 14,5
Special education 6.716 4,6


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What medical care do we have?

Rate of inhabitants per healthcare professional. Catalonia and Spain 2005

Professional Catalonia Spain
Doctor 209 225
Dentist 1.799 1.950
Pharmacist 717 730
Qualifed nurse 168 208

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