Average hours per day spent in selected activities by age, men

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Average hours per day spent in selected activities by age, men, 2017 annual averages
Activity 15 to 19 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 years and over

Personal care, including sleep

 10.40 10.46 9.08 8.98 9.18 9.01 9.11 9.80

Eating and drinking

 1.02 1.04 1.22 1.23 1.14 1.27 1.39 1.50

Household activities

 0.53 0.83 1.14 1.18 1.59 1.65 2.18 2.18

Purchasing goods and services

 0.30 0.51 0.53 0.59 0.57 0.71 0.76 0.81

Caring for and helping household members

 0.06 (1)- 0.54 0.86 0.36 0.19 0.07 0.14

Caring for and helping nonhousehold members

 0.07 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.20 0.27 0.15

Working and work-related activities

 1.19 3.77 5.91 6.29 5.67 4.70 1.63 0.53

Educational activities

 3.95 1.11 0.34 0.11 (2)- (2)- (1)- (1)-

Organizational, civic, and religious activities

 0.22 0.16 0.17 0.25 0.24 0.28 0.43 0.43

Leisure and sports

 5.95 5.50 4.68 4.14 4.87 5.70 7.72 8.01

Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail

 0.13 0.14 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.15 0.15

Other activities, not elsewhere classified

 0.17 0.15 0.18 0.17 0.14 0.19 0.24 0.26

Footnotes
 (1) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
(2) Estimate is approximately zero.

Note: Data refer to all days of the week.