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.