Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages
Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages
Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities
Participating in sports, Relaxing/ Playing games and computer Other leisure and sports
Total, all leisure and sports activities exercise, and recreation Socializing and communicating Watching TV Reading thinking use for leisure activities, including
travel(1)
Characteristic
Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week-
Total, all Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends
days days and days and days and days and days and days and days and days and
holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi-
days days days days days days days days
Sex
Men..................................... 5.55 5.00 6.84 0.35 0.49 0.51 0.91 2.73 3.60 0.22 0.30 0.28 0.34 0.53 0.55 0.37 0.66
Women................................... 4.89 4.48 5.87 .21 .25 .59 1.18 2.41 2.80 .34 .37 .27 .33 .34 .35 .32 .59
Age
Total, 15 years and over................ 5.21 4.73 6.34 .28 .36 .55 1.05 2.57 3.19 .28 .33 .28 .34 .43 .44 .34 .63
15 to 19 years....................... 5.98 5.53 7.06 .67 .75 .88 1.34 1.95 2.69 .16 .12 .18 .20 1.03 1.15 .66 .81
20 to 24 years....................... 5.09 4.84 5.69 .38 .55 .71 1.13 2.17 2.40 .15 .05 .23 (3) .78 .58 .41 .73
25 to 34 years....................... 4.24 3.63 5.65 .27 .40 .48 1.24 1.89 2.57 .14 .17 .18 .23 .42 .40 .26 .63
35 to 44 years....................... 4.23 3.60 5.68 .21 .41 .46 1.08 1.93 2.89 .20 .20 .24 .24 .30 .31 .26 .57
45 to 54 years....................... 4.69 4.11 6.05 .19 .28 .46 .87 2.49 3.24 .24 .31 .22 .36 .23 .38 .29 .62
55 to 64 years....................... 5.55 5.14 6.54 .24 .26 .52 .93 3.07 3.51 .33 .49 .31 .36 .31 .34 .35 .63
65 to 74 years....................... 6.90 6.60 7.63 .28 .18 .67 .92 3.77 4.47 .57 .66 .45 .53 .45 .36 .41 .51
75 years and over.................... 7.39 7.07 8.18 .16 .16 .50 .95 4.37 4.54 .73 .97 .61 .69 .38 .35 .32 .52
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................... 5.14 4.64 6.36 .28 .39 .53 1.07 2.51 3.13 .30 .36 .25 .30 .41 .45 .35 .65
Black or African American............... 5.77 5.45 6.51 .25 .20 .62 .99 3.22 3.74 .15 .11 .41 .57 .48 .40 .33 .51
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............ 4.79 4.30 5.93 .31 .32 .51 1.22 2.48 3.06 .13 .10 .26 .34 .30 .32 .30 .57
Employment status
Employed................................ 4.18 3.57 5.64 .24 .38 .46 1.03 1.92 2.74 .18 .25 .20 .28 .28 .34 .29 .62
Full-time workers.................... 3.95 3.24 5.66 .21 .41 .42 1.03 1.77 2.80 .16 .24 .18 .27 .22 .30 .26 .60
Part-time workers.................... 4.95 4.70 5.58 .34 .27 .59 1.04 2.43 2.52 .23 .26 .26 .31 .46 .47 .38 .71
Not employed............................ 6.85 6.60 7.42 .34 .34 .70 1.08 3.60 3.88 .45 .47 .40 .42 .68 .60 .43 .63
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages -- Continued
Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities
Participating in sports, Relaxing/ Playing games and computer Other leisure and sports
Total, all leisure and sports activities exercise, and recreation Socializing and communicating Watching TV Reading thinking use for leisure activities, including
travel (1)
Characteristic
Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week-
Total, all Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends
days days and days and days and days and days and days and days and days and
holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi- holi-
days days days days days days days days
Earnings of full-time wage and salary
workers
(single jobholders only) (2)
$0 - $520............................... 4.15 3.54 5.57 0.18 0.36 0.40 0.96 2.12 2.99 0.09 0.12 0.25 0.28 0.26 0.28 0.23 0.58
$521 - $810............................. 4.10 3.30 6.05 .23 .38 .43 1.31 1.72 3.07 .16 .23 .22 .23 .26 .26 .28 .58
$811 - $1,240........................... 4.04 3.27 6.01 .22 .54 .40 1.01 1.85 2.97 .15 .28 .18 .23 .16 .35 .30 .63
$1,241 and higher....................... 3.77 2.87 5.72 .22 .46 .39 1.05 1.50 2.47 .28 .39 .12 .32 .18 .38 .19 .66
Presence and age of children
No household children under 18.......... 5.74 5.27 6.83 .27 .36 .54 1.04 2.96 3.46 .35 .43 .30 .37 .48 .48 .38 .67
Household children under 18............. 4.36 3.87 5.54 .30 .36 .58 1.07 1.93 2.74 .16 .17 .24 .27 .36 .38 .29 .55
Children 13 to 17 years, none younger 4.87 4.49 5.82 .34 .47 .60 .83 2.22 2.95 .22 .26 .25 .29 .53 .45 .34 .58
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger 4.42 3.81 5.84 .39 .38 .54 1.06 1.82 2.77 .16 .22 .28 .35 .33 .47 .29 .58
Youngest child under 6 years......... 4.05 3.58 5.17 .21 .29 .60 1.19 1.87 2.61 .14 .09 .20 .20 .29 .28 .27 .51
Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present................. 4.80 4.25 6.10 .23 .32 .51 1.02 2.39 3.14 .28 .37 .26 .35 .28 .30 .30 .59
Men.................................. 5.10 4.47 6.60 .26 .43 .48 .89 2.64 3.63 .25 .36 .28 .40 .25 .30 .31 .58
Women................................ 4.50 4.03 5.59 .21 .21 .55 1.15 2.14 2.65 .31 .38 .23 .30 .30 .30 .29 .60
Other marital statuses.................. 5.63 5.23 6.60 .33 .41 .59 1.08 2.74 3.24 .28 .29 .30 .32 .59 .60 .39 .66
Men.................................. 6.05 5.61 7.11 .46 .56 .55 .92 2.84 3.55 .18 .23 .28 .27 .85 .82 .44 .75
Women................................ 5.27 4.90 6.15 .21 .27 .63 1.22 2.66 2.96 .36 .35 .31 .36 .37 .40 .35 .59
Educational attainment, 25 years
and over
Less than a high school diploma......... 6.12 5.69 7.01 .18 .27 .57 .93 3.78 4.35 .13 .13 .52 .66 .25 .28 .26 .41
High school graduates, no college....... 5.71 5.28 6.77 .18 .24 .49 .98 3.31 3.81 .29 .37 .40 .44 .30 .36 .32 .56
Some college or associate degree........ 4.93 4.49 5.99 .23 .27 .45 1.02 2.55 3.13 .32 .34 .25 .26 .38 .36 .32 .62
Bachelor's degree and higher............ 4.42 3.77 5.94 .30 .41 .53 1.07 1.76 2.62 .38 .53 .14 .24 .36 .38 .30 .68
1 Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities.
2 These values are based on usual weekly earnings. The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only
one job.
3 Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.