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(NOTE: This release was reissued on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, to correct the earnings
sections on tables 5, 7, and 11, and the section on weekly earnings ranges appearing
in the technical note. The analyses in this release were not affected by the
corrections.)
AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY -- 2009 RESULTS
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released 2009 results from
the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). These data include the average amount
of time per day in 2009 that individuals worked, did household activities,
and engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the
average time per day spent providing childcare--both as a primary (or main)
activity and while doing other things--for the combined years 2005-09 are
provided. Except for childcare, activities done simultaneously with pri-
mary activities were not collected. For a further description of ATUS data
and methodology, see the Technical Note.
Working (by Employed Persons) in 2009
--Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked.
More hours were worked, on average, on weekdays than on weekend days--
7.9 hours compared with 5.0 hours. (See table 4.)
--On the days that they worked, employed men worked 56 minutes more than
employed women. This difference partly reflects women's greater likeli-
hood of working part time. However, even among full-time workers
(those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked longer
than women--8.3 hours compared with 7.5 hours. (See table 4.)
--Many more people worked on weekdays than on weekend days; that is,
they spent some time doing tasks required for a job, regardless of
whether it was part of their usual work schedule or arrangement.
Eighty-three percent of employed persons worked on an average week
day, compared with 35 percent on an average weekend day. (See
table 4.)
--On the days that they worked, 24 percent of employed persons did
some or all of their work at home, and 84 percent did some or all
of their work at their workplace. Men and women were about equally
likely to do some or all of their work at home. (See table 6.)
--Multiple jobholders were almost twice as likely to work on an aver-
age weekend day as were single jobholders--59 percent compared with
32 percent. Multiple jobholders also were more likely to work at
home than were single jobholders--32 percent compared with 22 per-
cent. (See tables 4 and 6.)
--Self-employed workers were three times more likely than wage and
salary workers to have done some work at home on days worked--60
percent compared with 20 percent. (See table 7.)
--On the days that they worked, 40 percent of employed people age 25
and over with a bachelor's degree or higher did some work at home,
compared with only 10 percent of those with less than a high school
diploma. (See table 6.)
Household Activities in 2009
--On an average day, 85 percent of women and 67 percent of men spent
some time doing household activities such as housework, cooking,
lawn care, or financial and other household management. (For a
definition of average day, see the Technical Note.) (See table 1.)
--On the days that they did household activities, women spent an
average of 2.6 hours on such activities, while men spent 2.0 hours.
(See table 1.)
--On an average day, 20 percent of men did housework--such as clean-
ing or doing laundry--compared with 51 percent of women. Forty per-
cent of men did food preparation or cleanup, compared with 68 per-
cent of women. (See table 1.)
Leisure Activities in 2009
--On an average day, nearly everyone age 15 and over (96 percent)
engaged in some sort of leisure activity, such as watching TV,
socializing, or exercising. Of those who engaged in leisure
activities, men spent more time in these activities (5.8 hours)
than did women (5.1 hours). (See table 1.)
--Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time
(2.8 hours per day), accounting for about half of leisure time,
on average, for those age 15 and over. Socializing, such as visit-
ing with friends or attending or hosting social events, was the
next most common leisure activity, accounting for nearly three-
quarters of an hour per day. (See table 1.)
--Men were more likely than women to participate in sports, exercise,
or recreation on any given day--21 percent compared with 16 percent.
On the days that they participated, men also spent more time in
these activities than did women, 2.0 hours compared with 1.4 hours.
(See table 1.)
--On an average day, adults age 75 and over spent 7.8 hours engaged in
leisure activities--more than any other age group; 35- to 44-year-
olds spent 4.3 hours engaged in leisure and sports activities--less
than other age groups. (See table 11.)
--Time spent reading for personal interest and playing games or using a
computer for leisure varied greatly by age. Individuals age 75 and
over averaged 1.0 hour of reading per weekend day and 26 minutes
playing games or using a computer for leisure. Conversely, individuals
ages 15 to 19 read for an average of 5 minutes per weekend day while
spending 1.0 hour playing games or using a computer for leisure.
(See table 11.)
--Employed adults living in households with no children under 18 engaged
in leisure activities for 4.5 hours per day, an hour more than employed
adults living with a child under age 6. (See table 8.)
Care of Household Children (by Adults in Households with Children) for
the period 2005-09
--Adults living in households with children under 6 spent an average of
2.0 hours per day providing primary childcare to household children.
Adults living in households where the youngest child was between the
ages of 6 and 17 spent less than half as much time providing primary
childcare to household children--47 minutes per day. Primary childcare
is childcare that is done as a main activity, such as physical care of
children and reading to or talking with children. (See table 9.)
--On an average day, among adults living in households with children
under 6, women spent 1.1 hours providing physical care (such as bath-
ing or feeding a child) to household children; by contrast, men spent
0.5 hour providing physical care. (See table 9.)
--Adults living in households with at least one child under 6 spent
an average of 5.6 hours per day providing secondary childcare--that
is, they had at least one child in their care while doing activities
other than primary childcare. Secondary childcare provided by adults
living in households with children under 6 was most commonly provided
while doing leisure activities (2.2 hours) or household activities
(1.3 hours). (See table 10.)
--Adults living in households with children under 6 spent more time pro-
viding primary childcare on an average weekday (2.1 hours) than on an
average weekend day (1.8 hours). However, they spent less time provid-
ing secondary childcare on weekdays than on weekend days--4.7 hours
compared with 7.7 hours. (See tables 9 and 10.)
Additional Data
ATUS 2009 data files are available for users to do their own tabulations
and analyses. In accordance with BLS and Census Bureau policies that pro-
tect survey respondents' privacy, identifying information was removed from
the data files and some responses have been edited. The 2009 data files
are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/tus/data.htm.
Technical Note
The estimates in this release are based on annual average data from
the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). The ATUS, which is conducted by
the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is a
continuous survey about how individuals age 15 and over spend their
time.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay
Service: (800) 877-8339.
Survey methodology
Data collection for the ATUS began in January 2003. Sample cases
for the survey are selected monthly, and interviews are conducted continuously
throughout the year. In 2009, approximately 13,100 individuals were
interviewed. Estimates are released annually.
ATUS sample households are chosen from the households that completed
their eighth (final) interview for the Current Population Survey (CPS),
the nation’s monthly household labor force survey. ATUS sample households
are selected to ensure that estimates will be nationally representative.
One individual age 15 or over is randomly chosen from each sampled
household. This "designated person" is interviewed by telephone once
about his or her activities on the day before the interview--the "diary
day."
All ATUS interviews are conducted using Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing. Procedures are in place to collect information from the small
number of households that did not provide a telephone number during the CPS
interview.
ATUS designated persons are preassigned a day of the week about
which to report. Preassignment is designed to reduce variability in
response rates across the week and to allow oversampling of weekend
days so that accurate weekend day measures can be developed. Interviews
occur on the day following the assigned day. For example, a person assigned
to report about a Monday would be contacted on the following Tuesday. Ten
percent of designated persons are assigned to report about each of the five
weekdays. Twenty-five percent are assigned to report about each weekend day.
Households are called for up to 8 consecutive weeks (for example, 8 Tuesdays)
in order to secure an interview.
About the questionnaire
In the time diary portion of the ATUS interview, survey respondents
sequentially report activities they did between 4 a.m. on the day before
the interview ("yesterday") until 4 a.m. on the day of the interview. For
each activity, respondents are asked how long the activity lasted. For
activities other than personal care activities (such as sleeping and grooming),
interviewers also ask respondents where they were. And for activities other
than personal care and work, they are asked who was in the room with them (if
at home) or who accompanied them (if away from home). If respondents report
doing more than one activity at a time, they are asked to identify which
one was the "main" (primary) activity. If none can be identified, then the
interviewer records the first activity mentioned. After completing the time
diary, interviewers ask respondents additional questions to clearly identify
work, volunteering, and secondary childcare activities. Secondary childcare
is defined as having a child under age 13 in one’s care while doing other
activities.
In addition, the ATUS includes an update of the household composition
information from the last CPS interview (2 to 5 months prior to the ATUS
interview) and the employment status information of the respondent and his
or her spouse or unmarried partner. For respondents who became employed
or changed jobs between the last CPS interview and the ATUS interview,
information also is collected on industry, occupation, class of worker, and
earnings. For those who are unemployed and/or on layoff, CPS questions on
job search activities are asked. Those who report being on layoff are asked
if or when they expect to be recalled to work. Finally, a question about
current school enrollment status is asked of all respondents ages 15 to 49.
After completing the interview, primary activity descriptions are assigned
a single 6-digit code using the ATUS Coding Lexicon. The 3-tier coding system
consists of 17 major activity categories, each with multiple second- and
third-tier subcategories. These coding lexicon categories are then combined
into composite categories for publication, such as in this news release.
Descriptions of categories shown in this release can be found in the Major
activity category definitions section of this Technical Note. The 2009
ATUS Coding Lexicon can be accessed at www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons.htm.
Concepts and definitions
Average day. The average day measure reflects an average distribution
across all persons in the reference population and all days of the week.
Average day measures for the entire population provide a mechanism for
seeing the overall distribution of time allocation for society as a whole.
The ATUS collects data about daily activities from all segments of the
population age 15 and over, including persons who are employed and not
employed. Activity profiles differ based upon age, employment status,
gender, and other characteristics. On an average day in 2009, persons
in the U.S. age 15 and over did work and work-related activities for 3.5
hours, slept about 8.7 hours, spent 5.3 hours doing leisure and sports
activities, and spent 1.8 hours doing household activities. The remaining
4.7 hours were spent doing a variety of other activities, including eating
and drinking, attending school, and shopping. (See table 1.) By comparison,
an average weekday for persons employed full time on days that they worked
included 9.2 hours doing work and work-related activities, 7.6 hours
sleeping, 2.9 hours doing leisure and sports activities, and 0.9 hour doing
household activities. The remaining 3.4 hours were spent in other activities,
such as those described above. (These estimates include related travel time.)
Many activities typically are not done on a daily basis, and some
activities only are done by a subset of the population. For example,
only 43 percent of all persons age 15 years and over worked on an
average day in 2009 because some were not employed and those who were
employed did not work every day. (See table 1.)
Average hours per day. The average number of hours spent in a 24-
hour day (between 4 a.m. on the diary day and 4 a.m. on the interview
day) doing a specified activity.
--Average hours per day, population. The average number of hours
per day is computed using all responses from a given population,
including those of respondents who did not do a particular activity
on their diary day. These estimates reflect how many population
members engaged in an activity and the amount of time they spent
doing it.
--Average hours per day, persons who did the activity. The average
number of hours per day is computed using only responses from those
who engaged in a particular activity on their diary day.
Diary day. The diary day is the day about which the respondent reports.
For example, the diary day of a respondent interviewed on Tuesday is Monday.
Earnings
--Usual weekly earnings. Data represent the earnings of full-time
wage and salary workers with one job only, before taxes and other
deductions. They include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips
usually received. Usual weekly earnings are only updated in ATUS for
about a third of employed respondents--if the respondent changed jobs
or employment status between the CPS and ATUS interviews or if the CPS
weekly earnings value was imputed. This means that the earnings
information could be out of date because the CPS interview was done 2
to 5 months prior to the ATUS interview. Respondents are asked to
identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly,
biweekly, twice monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually
earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other
than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is
as perceived by the respondent. If the respondent asks for a definition
of usual, interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than
half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months.
--Weekly earnings ranges. The ranges used represent approximately 25 percent
of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job. For example,
25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers with one job only had weekly
earnings of $510 or less. These dollar values vary from year to year.
Employment status
--Employed. All persons who, at any time during the 7 days prior to the
interview:
1) Did any work at all as paid employees; worked in their own
business, profession, or on their own farm; or usually worked 15
hours or more as unpaid workers in a family-operated enterprise;
or
2) Were not working but had jobs or businesses from which they
were temporarily absent due to illness, bad weather, vacation,
childcare problems, labor-management disputes, maternity or
paternity leave, job training, or other family or personal
reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were
seeking other jobs.
--Employed full time. Full-time workers are those who usually
worked 35 hours or more per week at all jobs combined.
--Employed part time. Part-time workers are those who usually
worked fewer than 35 hours per week at all jobs combined.
--Not employed. Persons are not employed if they do not meet the
conditions for employment. The not employed include those classified
as unemployed as well as those classified as not in the labor force
(using CPS definitions).
The numbers of employed and not employed persons in this report do
not correspond to published totals from the CPS for several reasons.
First, the reference population for the ATUS is age 15 years and over,
whereas it is age 16 years and over for the CPS. Second, ATUS data
are collected continuously, the employment reference period being the
7 days prior to the interview. By contrast, CPS data are usually
collected during the week including the 19th of the month and refer to
employment during the week containing the 12th of the month. Finally,
the CPS accepts answers from household members about other household
members whereas such proxy responses are not allowed in the ATUS. One
consequence of the difference in proxy reporting is that a significantly
higher proportion of teenagers report employment in the ATUS than in
the CPS. While the information on employment from the ATUS is useful
for assessing work in the context of other daily activities, the employment
data are not intended for analysis of current employment trends.
Compared with the CPS and other estimates of employment, the ATUS estimates
are based on a much smaller sample and are only available with a substantial
lag since ATUS data and estimates are published during the year following
data collection.
Household children. Household children are children under age 18
residing in the household of the ATUS respondent. The children
may be related to the respondent (such as his or her own children,
grandchildren, nieces or nephews, or brothers or sisters) or not related
(such as foster children or children of roommates).
Primary activity. A primary activity is the main activity a respondent
was doing at a specified time. With the exception of secondary childcare
in table 10, the estimates presented in this release reflect time spent in
primary activities only.
Secondary activities. A secondary (or simultaneous) activity is an
activity done at the same time as a primary activity. With the exception of
the care of children under age 13, information on secondary activities is
not systematically collected in the ATUS.
Secondary childcare. Secondary childcare is care for children under
age 13 that is done while doing an activity other than primary childcare,
such as cooking dinner. Secondary childcare estimates are derived by summing
the durations of activities during which respondents had a household
child or their own nonhousehold child under age 13 in their care while
doing activities other than primary childcare. It is restricted to times
the respondent was awake. Secondary childcare time for household children
is further restricted to the time between when the first household child
under age 13 woke up and the last household child under age 13 went to bed.
If respondents report providing both primary and secondary care at the
same time, the time is attributed to primary care only.
Weekday, weekend, and holiday estimates. Estimates for weekdays are
an average of reports about Monday through Friday. Estimates for weekend
days and holidays are an average of reports about Saturdays, Sundays, and
the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Major activity category definitions
The following definitions describe the activity categories shown in
this report. All major time-use categories in the tables include
related travel time and waiting time. For example, time spent "driving
to the stadium" and time spent "waiting to get into the stadium to play
ball" are included in Leisure and sports.
Personal care activities. Personal care activities include sleeping,
grooming (such as bathing or dressing), health-related self-care, and
personal or private activities. Receiving unpaid personal care from
others (for example, "my sister put polish on my nails") also is captured
in this category. In general, respondents are not asked who they were
with or where they were for personal care activities, as such information
can be sensitive.
Eating and drinking. All time spent eating or drinking (except
eating and drinking done as part of a work or volunteer activity),
whether alone, with others, at home, at a place of purchase, or
somewhere else, is classified here. Time spent purchasing or talking
related to purchasing meals, snacks, or beverages is not counted as
part of this category; time spent doing these activities is counted in
Purchasing goods and services.
Household activities. Household activities are those done by
persons to maintain their households. These include housework;
cooking; lawn and garden care; pet care; vehicle maintenance and
repair; home maintenance, repair, decoration, and renovation; and
household management and organizational activities (such as filling
out paperwork, balancing a checkbook, or planning a party). Food
preparation, whether or not reported as done specifically for another
household member, is always classified as a household activity unless
it was done as a volunteer, work, or income-generating activity. For
example, "making breakfast for my son" is coded as a household activity,
not as childcare.
Purchasing goods and services. This category includes purchases
of consumer goods, professional and personal care services, household
services, and government services. Consumer purchases include most
purchases and rentals of consumer goods, regardless of the mode or
place of purchase or rental (in person, via telephone, over the Internet,
at home, or in a store). Gasoline, grocery, other food purchases, and
all other shopping are further broken out in subcategories.
Time spent obtaining, receiving, and purchasing professional and
personal care services provided by someone else also is classified in
this category. Professional services include childcare, financial
services and banking, legal services, medical and adult care services,
real estate services, and veterinary services. Personal care services
include day spas, hair salons and barbershops, nail salons, and tanning
salons. Activities classified here include time spent paying, meeting
with, or talking to service providers, as well as time spent receiving
the service or waiting to receive the service.
Time spent arranging for and purchasing household services provided
by someone else also is classified here. Household services include
housecleaning; cooking; lawn care and landscaping; pet care; tailoring,
laundering, and dry cleaning; vehicle maintenance and repairs; and home
repairs, maintenance, and construction.
This category also captures the time spent obtaining government
services--such as applying for food stamps--and purchasing government-
required licenses or paying fines or fees.
Caring for and helping household members. Time spent doing activities
to care for or help any child (under age 18) or adult in the household,
regardless of relationship to the respondent or the physical or mental
health status of the person being helped, is classified here. Caring for
and helping activities for household children and adults are coded
separately in subcategories.
Primary childcare activities include time spent providing physical
care; playing with children; reading to children; assistance with
homework; attending children’s events; taking care of children's
health needs; and dropping off, picking up, and waiting for children.
Passive childcare done as a primary activity (such as "keeping an eye
on my son while he swam in the pool") also is included. A child’s
presence during the activity is not enough in itself to classify the
activity as childcare. For example, "watching television with my
child" is coded as a leisure activity, not as childcare.
Secondary childcare occurs when persons have a child under age 13
"in their care" while doing activities other than primary childcare.
For a complete definition, see the Concepts and definitions section
of this Technical Note.
Caring for and helping household members also includes a range of
activities done to benefit adult members of households, such as providing
physical and medical care or obtaining medical services. Doing something
as a favor for or helping another household adult does not automatically
result in classification as a helping activity. For example, a report of
"helping my spouse cook dinner" is considered a household activity (food
preparation), not a helping activity, because cooking dinner benefits the
household as a whole. By contrast, doing paperwork for another person
usually benefits the individual, so a report of "filling out an insurance
application for my spouse" is considered a helping activity.
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members. Caring for and
helping nonhousehold members includes activities persons do to care
for or help those--either children (under age 18) or adults--who do not
live with them. When done for or through an organization, time spent
helping nonhousehold members is classified as volunteering, rather
than as helping nonhousehold members. Care of nonhousehold children,
even when done as a favor or helping activity for another adult, is
always classified as caring for and helping nonhousehold children, not
as helping another adult.
Working and work-related activities. This category includes time
spent working, doing activities as part of one’s job, engaging in
income-generating activities (not as part of one’s job), and job
search activities. "Working" includes hours spent doing the specific
tasks required of one’s main or other job, regardless of location or
time of day. "Work-related activities" include activities that are
not obviously work but are done as part of one’s job, such as having a
business lunch or playing golf with clients. "Other income-generating
activities" are those done "on the side" or under informal arrangement
and are not part of a regular job. Such activities might include
selling homemade crafts, babysitting, maintaining a rental property,
or having a yard sale. These activities are those that persons "are
paid for or will be paid for."
Travel time related to working and work-related activities includes
time spent traveling to and from work, as well as time spent traveling
for work-related, income-generating, and job search activities.
Educational activities. Educational activities include taking
classes (including Internet and other distance-learning courses) for a
degree as well as for personal interest; doing research and homework;
and taking care of administrative tasks related to education, such as
registering for classes or obtaining a school ID. For high school
students, before- and after-school extracurricular activities (except
sports) also are classified as educational activities. Educational
activities do not include time spent for classes or training received
as part of a job. Time spent helping others with their education-
related activities is classified in the Caring for and helping
categories.
Organizational, civic, and religious activities. This category
captures time spent volunteering for or through an organization,
performing civic obligations, and participating in religious and
spiritual activities. Civic obligations include government-required
duties, such as serving jury duty or appearing in court, and activities
that assist or influence government processes, such as voting or
attending town hall meetings. Religious activities include those
normally associated with membership in or identification with specific
religions or denominations, such as attending religious services; participating
in choirs, youth groups, orchestras, or unpaid teaching (unless identified
as volunteer activities); and engaging in personal religious practices,
such as praying.
Leisure and sports. The leisure and sports category includes sports,
exercise, and recreation; socializing and communicating; and other leisure
activities. Sports, exercise, and recreation activities include participating
in--as well as attending or watching--sports, exercise, and recreational
activities. Recreational activities are leisure activities that are active
in nature, such as yard games like croquet or horseshoes. Socializing and
communicating includes face-to-face social communication and hosting or
attending social functions. Leisure activities include watching television;
reading; relaxing or thinking; playing computer, board, or card games; using
a computer or the Internet for personal interest; playing or listening to
music; and other activities, such as attending arts, cultural, and entertainment
events.
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail. This category captures telephone
communication and handling household or personal mail or e-mail. Telephone
and Internet purchases are classified in Purchasing goods and services.
Telephone calls, mail, or e-mail identified as related to work or volunteering
are classified as work or volunteering.
Other activities, not elsewhere classified. This residual category includes
security procedures related to traveling, traveling not associated with a specific
activity category, ambiguous activities that could not be coded, and missing
activities. Missing activities result when respondents did not remember what
they did for a period of time, or when they considered an activity too private
or personal to report
Processing and estimation
After ATUS data are collected, they go through an editing and imputation
procedure. Responses to CPS questions that are re-asked in the ATUS go through
the regular CPS edit and imputation procedures. Some item nonresponses for
questions unique to the ATUS (such as where an activity took place or how
much time was spent doing secondary childcare) also are imputed. Missing
activities and missing values for who was present during an activity are never imputed.
ATUS records are weighted quarterly to reduce bias in the estimates
due to differences in sampling and response rates across subpopulations
and days of the week. Specifically, the data are weighted to ensure the
following:
--Weekdays represent about 5/7 of the weighted data, and weekend days
each represent about 1/7 of the weighted data for the population
as a whole. The actual proportions depend on the number of weekdays
and weekend days in a given quarter.
--The sum of the weights is equal to the number of person-days in the
quarter for the population as a whole and for selected subpopulations.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the ATUS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling
error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there
is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population
values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending
on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the
standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of
confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6
standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
The ATUS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can
occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population,
inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or
unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in
the collection or processing of the data. Errors also could occur if nonresponse
is correlated with time use.
Table 1. Time spent in primary activities (1) and percent of the civilian population engaging in each activity,
averages per day by sex, 2009 annual averages
Average hours per day, Average percent engaged Average hours per day
civilian population in the activity per day for persons who engaged
Activity in the activity
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total, all activities (2)............... 24.00 24.00 24.00 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Personal care activities.............. 9.45 9.25 9.63 100.0 100.0 100.0 9.45 9.26 9.63
Sleeping........................... 8.67 8.62 8.73 99.9 99.8 100.0 8.68 8.63 8.73
Eating and drinking................... 1.22 1.26 1.19 96.4 96.1 96.8 1.27 1.31 1.23
Household activities.................. 1.80 1.33 2.24 76.1 66.6 85.0 2.36 2.00 2.63
Housework.......................... .60 .26 .92 36.3 20.2 51.3 1.65 1.27 1.79
Food preparation and cleanup....... .54 .29 .77 54.6 39.9 68.3 .99 .73 1.13
Lawn and garden care............... .20 .28 .12 9.4 11.5 7.4 2.11 2.42 1.67
Household management............... .13 .11 .16 19.1 16.4 21.6 .70 .67 .72
Purchasing goods and services......... .76 .64 .88 44.4 39.2 49.2 1.71 1.62 1.78
Consumer goods purchases........... .38 .30 .46 40.2 35.8 44.4 .94 .83 1.03
Professional and personal care
services.......................... .09 .06 .11 8.6 6.4 10.7 .99 .98 1.00
Caring for and helping household
members.............................. .54 .37 .70 25.2 20.2 29.9 2.13 1.81 2.34
Caring for and helping household
children.......................... .43 .28 .57 21.6 16.4 26.5 1.98 1.71 2.14
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
members.............................. .21 .19 .22 13.4 11.4 15.2 1.55 1.69 1.46
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults............................ .07 .08 .06 8.7 7.8 9.6 .82 1.02 .67
Working and work-related activities... 3.53 4.26 2.85 45.4 51.9 39.2 7.78 8.20 7.26
Working............................ 3.18 3.81 2.58 42.7 48.4 37.3 7.44 7.86 6.93
Educational activities................ .46 .43 .50 8.2 7.4 8.9 5.68 5.84 5.56
Attending class.................... .26 .26 .27 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.03 5.01 5.05
Homework and research.............. .16 .14 .18 5.6 4.9 6.3 2.82 2.84 2.81
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities........................... .34 .32 .36 14.5 12.6 16.4 2.32 2.53 2.17
Religious and spiritual activities. .15 .12 .17 9.0 7.0 10.8 1.62 1.78 1.53
Volunteering (organizational and
civic activities)................. .15 .15 .15 7.2 7.1 7.2 2.11 2.17 2.07
Leisure and sports.................... 5.25 5.59 4.93 96.1 95.9 96.2 5.46 5.83 5.13
Socializing and communicating...... .70 .63 .76 39.2 34.6 43.4 1.78 1.81 1.76
Watching television................ 2.82 3.10 2.56 81.8 82.7 81.0 3.45 3.75 3.17
Participating in sports, exercise,
and recreation.................... .31 .41 .21 18.2 20.9 15.7 1.69 1.96 1.36
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail..... .20 .14 .25 25.7 19.6 31.4 .77 .71 .80
Other activities, not elsewhere
classified........................... .24 .23 .26 15.7 13.6 17.8 1.55 1.69 1.44
1 A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not
included.
2 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category
definitions.
--- Not applicable.
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 2. Time spent in primary activities (1) and percent of the civilian population engaging in each
activity, averages per day on weekdays and weekends, 2009 annual averages
Average hours per Average percent Average hours per
day, civilian engaged in the day for persons who
population activity per day engaged in the
activity
Activity
Weekends Weekends Weekends
Weekdays and Weekdays and Weekdays and
holidays- holidays- holidays-
(2) (2) (2)
Total, all activities (3).................... 24.00 24.00 --- --- --- ---
Personal care activities................... 9.20 10.04 100.0 100.0 9.20 10.04
Sleeping................................ 8.39 9.33 99.9 99.9 8.40 9.34
Eating and drinking........................ 1.18 1.33 96.7 95.9 1.22 1.39
Household activities....................... 1.70 2.04 76.0 76.4 2.23 2.67
Housework............................... .55 .71 35.5 38.1 1.55 1.87
Food preparation and cleanup............ .52 .59 55.8 51.6 .93 1.15
Lawn and garden care.................... .18 .24 9.0 10.3 2.02 2.30
Household management.................... .13 .14 19.4 18.3 .68 .76
Purchasing goods and services.............. .72 .87 43.7 46.0 1.64 1.88
Consumer goods purchases................ .33 .50 38.7 43.9 .84 1.15
Professional and personal care services. .11 .04 10.4 4.4 1.01 .90
Caring for and helping household members... .57 .46 26.6 21.9 2.15 2.10
Caring for and helping household
children............................... .44 .39 22.8 18.8 1.94 2.10
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members .19 .26 12.7 15.0 1.48 1.70
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults................................. .06 .10 8.1 10.1 .71 1.04
Working and work-related activities........ 4.50 1.24 54.5 23.9 8.27 5.19
Working................................. 4.06 1.09 51.5 21.9 7.88 5.00
Educational activities..................... .58 .21 9.4 5.3 6.12 3.85
Attending class......................... .36 .03 7.1 .9 5.08 (4)
Homework and research................... .16 .15 6.2 4.4 2.66 3.35
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities................................ .23 .58 11.9 20.8 1.96 2.81
Religious and spiritual activities...... .07 .32 5.8 16.5 1.24 1.94
Volunteering (organizational and civic
activities)............................ .13 .19 7.1 7.5 1.91 2.57
Leisure and sports......................... 4.71 6.53 95.6 97.2 4.93 6.71
Socializing and communicating........... .52 1.10 36.4 45.6 1.44 2.42
Watching television..................... 2.61 3.32 81.3 83.1 3.21 4.00
Participating in sports, exercise, and
recreation............................. .29 .34 18.8 16.8 1.56 2.03
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail.......... .20 .19 27.0 22.6 .74 .84
Other activities, not elsewhere classified. .23 .27 15.5 16.3 1.51 1.63
1 A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are
not included.
2 Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,
and Christmas Day.
3 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category
definitions.
4 Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.
--- Not applicable.
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 3. Time spent in primary activities (1) for the civilian population by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
marital status, and educational attainment, 2009 annual averages
Average hours per day spent in primary activities (2)
Organi- Other
Purcha- Caring Caring Working za- Tele- activi-
Characteristic Person- Eating House- sing for and for and and Educa- tional, phone ties,
al care and hold goods helping helping work- tional civic, Leisure calls, not
activi- drink- activi- and house- non- related activi- and and mail, else-
ties ing ties servi- hold house- activi- ties reli- sports and where
ces members hold ties gious e-mail classi-
members activi- fied
ties
Total, 15 years and over..... 9.45 1.22 1.80 0.76 0.54 0.21 3.53 0.46 0.34 5.25 0.20 0.24
15 to 19 years............. 10.29 1.06 .70 .54 .19 .26 1.04 3.27 .31 5.75 .32 .27
20 to 24 years............. 10.25 1.04 1.13 .68 .41 .17 3.83 1.01 .15 4.94 .15 .24
25 to 34 years............. 9.20 1.18 1.46 .70 1.16 .16 4.70 .30 .21 4.57 .13 .23
35 to 44 years............. 9.12 1.18 1.84 .78 1.12 .18 4.67 .12 .33 4.27 .15 .23
45 to 54 years............. 9.09 1.20 2.01 .81 .39 .22 4.65 .06 .37 4.83 .18 .19
55 to 64 years............. 9.25 1.29 2.16 .88 .12 .28 3.72 .03 .38 5.44 .21 .23
65 to 74 years............. 9.55 1.45 2.58 .86 .07 .30 1.26 .03 .55 6.77 .25 .34
75 years and over.......... 10.01 1.49 2.42 .72 .06 .11 .30 .01 .48 7.76 .32 .33
Men, 15 years and over...... 9.25 1.26 1.33 .64 .37 .19 4.26 .43 .32 5.59 .14 .23
15 to 19 years............. 10.38 1.00 .55 .38 .18 .26 1.10 3.06 .37 6.24 .27 .21
20 to 24 years............. 10.07 1.04 .83 .58 .18 .19 4.50 .84 .15 5.21 .11 .29
25 to 34 years............. 9.01 1.17 1.04 .61 .65 .16 5.55 .25 .19 5.06 .11 .21
35 to 44 years............. 8.91 1.24 1.27 .65 .77 .19 5.60 .11 .31 4.65 .12 .19
45 to 54 years............. 8.85 1.26 1.52 .66 .34 .18 5.44 .03 .35 5.07 .09 .21
55 to 64 years............. 9.02 1.36 1.67 .74 .09 .20 4.49 .02 .33 5.74 .12 .21
65 to 74 years............. 9.30 1.54 2.07 .72 .07 .28 1.57 .03 .52 7.35 .20 .35
75 years and over.......... 9.82 1.61 1.84 .71 .08 .11 .48 .00 .48 8.34 .24 .29
Women, 15 years and over.... 9.63 1.19 2.24 .88 .70 .22 2.85 .50 .36 4.93 .25 .26
15 to 19 years............. 10.21 1.12 .86 .71 .19 .26 .98 3.49 .25 5.25 .37 .33
20 to 24 years............. 10.43 1.03 1.43 .79 .64 .14 3.15 1.17 .16 4.67 .19 .19
25 to 34 years............. 9.40 1.19 1.88 .78 1.68 .16 3.85 .35 .24 4.08 .16 .24
35 to 44 years............. 9.33 1.12 2.39 .91 1.46 .17 3.75 .14 .36 3.91 .18 .28
45 to 54 years............. 9.32 1.15 2.47 .96 .43 .25 3.90 .10 .39 4.60 .26 .17
55 to 64 years............. 9.46 1.23 2.62 1.01 .15 .35 2.99 .04 .42 5.17 .29 .25
65 to 74 years............. 9.76 1.38 3.01 .97 .08 .31 .99 .02 .57 6.28 .29 .33
75 years and over.......... 10.14 1.41 2.79 .73 .05 .12 .19 .01 .48 7.38 .37 .35
White, 15 years and over.... 9.38 1.26 1.88 .77 .53 .21 3.58 .44 .32 5.17 .19 .25
Men........................ 9.17 1.29 1.39 .64 .37 .20 4.39 .42 .30 5.46 .13 .24
Women...................... 9.59 1.23 2.36 .89 .69 .23 2.80 .47 .33 4.89 .25 .27
Black or African American,
15 years and over.......... 9.91 .92 1.25 .71 .47 .19 3.19 .46 .47 5.99 .24 .19
Men........................ 9.87 .91 1.03 .61 .30 .19 3.28 .38 .44 6.58 .20 .20
Women...................... 9.95 .94 1.44 .79 .61 .19 3.12 .53 .49 5.50 .27 .18
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity, 15 years
and over.................. 9.72 1.16 1.80 .74 .73 .21 3.58 .63 .29 4.70 .12 .32
Men........................ 9.58 1.15 1.20 .64 .48 .21 4.33 .61 .24 5.16 .09 .30
Women...................... 9.87 1.18 2.43 .84 .99 .21 2.79 .65 .34 4.21 .16 .34
Marital status and sex:
Married, spouse present..... 9.15 1.32 2.15 .80 .76 .20 3.89 .09 .39 4.83 .16 .25
Men........................ 8.95 1.36 1.55 .66 .53 .18 4.75 .08 .39 5.20 .11 .25
Women...................... 9.36 1.27 2.75 .95 .99 .22 3.03 .11 .39 4.46 .21 .26
Other marital statuses...... 9.78 1.12 1.39 .71 .28 .22 3.12 .89 .28 5.73 .24 .24
Men........................ 9.62 1.13 1.05 .61 .17 .21 3.65 .86 .23 6.06 .18 .21
Women...................... 9.92 1.11 1.69 .80 .38 .22 2.66 .91 .32 5.43 .29 .26
Educational attainment, 25
years and over:
Less than a high school
diploma................... 9.82 1.05 2.10 .66 .55 .17 2.38 .04 .37 6.53 .11 .22
High school graduates, no
college (3)............... 9.35 1.21 2.09 .74 .46 .25 3.37 .04 .33 5.79 .16 .21
Some college or associate
degree.................... 9.22 1.22 2.00 .81 .59 .20 4.04 .19 .32 4.95 .20 .25
Bachelor's degree and
higher (4)................ 9.04 1.42 1.82 .88 .73 .18 4.46 .15 .41 4.41 .24 .27
1 A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.
2 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be
of any race.
Table 4. Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex,
jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed persons who Employed persons who Employed persons who
worked on an average worked on an average worked on an average
day weekday Saturday, Sunday, and
Total holiday(1)
Characteristic employ-
ed
Percent Average Percent Average Percent Average
Number of hours Number- of hours Number- of hours
employ- of (3) employ- of (4) employ- of
ed work(2) ed work(2) ed work(2)
Full- and part-time status and sex
Total, 15 years and over (5)............ 148,720 101,379 68.2 7.48 122,636 82.5 7.92 51,652 34.7 5.03
Full-time workers.................... 114,618 82,511 72.0 7.97 100,923 88.1 8.44 39,044 34.1 5.13
Part-time workers.................... 34,102 18,868 55.3 5.34 21,636 63.4 5.50 12,587 36.9 4.72
Men (5)................................ 78,264 55,676 71.1 7.90 67,121 85.8 8.34 28,417 36.3 5.46
Full-time workers.................... 65,641 48,043 73.2 8.29 58,529 89.2 8.75 23,473 35.8 5.59
Part-time workers.................... 12,623 7,633 60.5 5.47 8,657 68.6 5.63 4,971 39.4 4.77
Women (5).............................. 70,456 45,703 64.9 6.97 55,485 78.8 7.42 23,267 33.0 4.52
Full-time workers.................... 48,977 34,468 70.4 7.53 42,398 86.6 8.01 15,557 31.8 4.42
Part-time workers.................... 21,479 11,235 52.3 5.25 12,936 60.2 5.40 7,659 35.7 4.69
Jobholding status
Single jobholders....................... 132,834 88,563 66.7 7.48 108,470 81.7 7.90 42,513 32.0 4.97
Multiple jobholders..................... 15,886 12,816 80.7 7.51 14,134 89.0 8.08 9,424 59.3 5.31
Educational attainment, 25 years and
over
Less than a high school diploma......... 9,087 5,968 65.7 7.75 7,348 80.9 7.92 2,886 31.8 6.80
High school graduates, no college (6)... 36,852 24,251 65.8 8.03 30,571 83.0 8.22 9,625 26.1 6.60
Some college or associate degree........ 33,136 23,045 69.5 7.76 28,092 84.8 8.19 11,139 33.6 5.22
Bachelor's degree and higher (7)........ 47,722 34,855 73.0 7.20 41,919 87.8 7.90 18,251 38.2 3.44
1 Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas
Day.
2 Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.
3 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average
weekday.
4 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average
Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
5 Includes workers whose hours vary.
6 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
7 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of
week, 2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed persons who worked Employed persons who worked Employed persons who worked
on an average day on an average weekday on an average Saturday,
Sunday, and holiday(1)
Characteristic Total
employed
Percent Average Percent Average Percent Average
Number of hours of Number(3) of hours of Number(4) of hours of
employed work(2) employed work(2) employed work(2)
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers................... 137,890 92,192 66.9 7.48 113,051 82.0 7.89 43,575 31.6 4.98
Self-employed workers(5).................. 10,753 7,198 66.9 6.46 8,081 75.1 7.02 5,035 46.8 4.24
Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial
operations............................. 22,801 16,656 73.1 7.69 20,614 90.4 8.25 7,502 32.9 4.13
Professional and related.................. 34,308 23,634 68.9 7.14 28,866 84.1 7.82 11,908 34.7 3.47
Services.................................. 25,460 15,240 59.9 6.94 17,832 70.0 7.10 9,249 36.3 6.20
Sales and related......................... 15,716 11,245 71.6 7.18 12,144 77.3 7.68 8,863 56.4 5.38
Office and administrative support......... 19,196 12,117 63.1 7.18 15,514 80.8 7.44 3,971 20.7 4.75
Farming, fishing, and forestry............ 1,346 763 56.7 (7) 993 73.7 (7) 411 30.5 (7)
Construction and extraction............... 6,863 4,526 65.9 7.80 5,791 84.4 8.25 1,707 24.9 (7)
Installation, maintenance, and repair..... 5,454 3,552 65.1 8.26 4,669 85.6 8.59 1,214 22.2 (7)
Production................................ 8,981 5,864 65.3 8.37 7,594 84.6 8.48 1,370 15.3 (7)
Transportation and material moving........ 8,595 5,827 67.8 7.90 7,146 83.1 8.11 2,623 30.5 (7)
Earnings of full-time wage and salary
workers (single jobholders only)(6)
0 - $510(c)............................... (c)23,227 (c)15,040 (c)64.8 (c)7.82 (c)18,803 (c)81.0 (c)8.06 (c)6,782 (c)29.2 (c)6.37
$511 - $780(c)............................ (c)22,789 (c)16,514 (c)72.5 8.16 (c)20,697 (c)90.8 (c)8.42 (c)5,561 (c)24.4 (c)5.67
$781 - $1,190(c).......................... (c)23,080 (c)15,619 (c)67.7 (c)7.98 (c)19,757 (c)85.6 (c)8.37 (c)6,315 (c)27.4 (c)5.24
$1,191 and higher(c)...................... (c)23,274 (c)17,272 74.2 8.05 (c)21,449 (c)92.2 8.70 (c)7,439 (c)32.0 (c)3.65
(1) Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
(2) Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work.
(3) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.
(4) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and
holiday.
(5) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are
classified as wage and salary workers.
(6) These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary
workers who held only one job.
(7) Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.
(c) corrected
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 6. Employed persons working (1) at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by full-
and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, and educational attainment, 2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed persons who Employed persons who Employed persons who
worked on an average worked at their worked at home on an
day workplace on an average average day(2)(3)
day(2)
Total
Characteristic employed
Percent Average Percent Average
Percent Average of hours of hours
Number of hours Number those of work Number those of work
employ- of work who at who at home
ed worked work- worked
place
Full- and part-time status and sex
Total, 15 years and over (4)............ 148,720 101,379 68.2 7.48 85,267 84.1 7.82 23,925 23.6 2.98
Full-time workers.................... 114,618 82,511 72.0 7.97 70,365 85.3 8.24 19,353 23.5 3.13
Part-time workers.................... 34,102 18,868 55.3 5.34 14,902 79.0 5.81 4,572 24.2 2.35
Men (4)................................ 78,264 55,676 71.1 7.90 47,411 85.2 8.17 13,033 23.4 3.12
Full-time workers.................... 65,641 48,043 73.2 8.29 41,289 85.9 8.51 11,081 23.1 3.24
Part-time workers.................... 12,623 7,633 60.5 5.47 6,121 80.2 5.93 1,952 25.6 2.49
Women (4).............................. 70,456 45,703 64.9 6.97 37,856 82.8 7.38 10,892 23.8 2.81
Full-time workers.................... 48,977 34,468 70.4 7.53 29,076 84.4 7.87 8,272 24.0 2.99
Part-time workers.................... 21,479 11,235 52.3 5.25 8,780 78.2 5.74 2,620 23.3 2.24
Jobholding status
Single jobholders....................... 132,834 88,563 66.7 7.48 74,876 84.5 7.81 19,828 22.4 3.13
Multiple jobholders..................... 15,886 12,816 80.7 7.51 10,391 81.1 7.88 4,097 32.0 2.24
Educational attainment, 25 years and
over
Less than a high school diploma......... 9,087 5,968 65.7 7.75 5,538 92.8 7.92 609 10.2 (7)
High school graduates, no college (5)... 36,852 24,251 65.8 8.03 21,559 88.9 8.14 3,154 13.0 4.97
Some college or associate degree........ 33,136 23,045 69.5 7.76 19,748 85.7 8.07 4,759 20.7 3.02
Bachelor's degree and higher (6)........ 47,722 34,855 73.0 7.20 26,371 75.7 7.82 14,049 40.3 2.64
1 Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to
work.
2 Individuals may have worked at more than one location.
3 "Working at home" includes any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace
is their home.
4 Includes workers whose hours vary.
5 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
6 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
7 Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 7. Employed persons working on main job(1) at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by class of worker,
occupation, and earnings, 2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed persons who worked Employed persons who worked Employed persons who worked
on an average day at their workplace on an at home on an average
average day(2) day(2)(3)
Total
Characteristic employed
Percent Average Percent Average Percent Average
Number of hours of Number of those hours of Number of those hours of
employed work who work at who work at
worked workplace worked home
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers................... 137,890 92,192 66.9 7.48 80,442 87.3 7.79 18,022 19.5 2.62
Self-employed workers(4).................. 10,753 7,198 66.9 6.46 3,533 49.1 6.72 4,324 60.1 4.66
Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial
operations............................. 22,801 16,656 73.1 7.69 12,925 77.6 8.23 5,918 35.5 3.14
Professional and related.................. 34,308 23,634 68.9 7.14 18,214 77.1 7.63 9,054 38.3 2.80
Services.................................. 25,460 15,240 59.9 6.94 13,293 87.2 7.11 2,082 13.7 3.96
Sales and related......................... 15,716 11,245 71.6 7.18 9,389 83.5 7.42 2,436 21.7 3.12
Office and administrative support......... 19,196 12,117 63.1 7.18 11,057 91.2 7.47 1,091 9.0 2.83
Farming, fishing, and forestry............ 1,346 763 56.7 (6) 600 78.7 (6) 153 20.0 (6)
Construction and extraction............... 6,863 4,526 65.9 7.80 4,078 90.1 8.35 518 11.4 (6)
Installation, maintenance, and repair..... 5,454 3,552 65.1 8.26 3,252 91.5 8.42 425 12.0 (6)
Production................................ 8,981 5,864 65.3 8.37 5,611 95.7 8.49 302 5.2 (6)
Transportation and material moving........ 8,595 5,827 67.8 7.90 5,575 95.7 7.91 382 6.6 (6)
Earnings of full-time wage and salary
workers
(single jobholders only)(5)
0 - $510(c)............................... (c)23,227 (c)15,040 (c)64.8 (c)7.82 (c)14,348 95.4 (c)7.85 1,209 (c)8.0 (6)
$511 - $780(c)............................ (c)22,789 (c)16,514 (c)72.5 8.16 (c)15,281 (c)92.5 (c)8.38 1,658 (c)10.0 (c)2.52
$781 - $1,190(c).......................... (c)23,080 (c)15,619 (c)67.7 (c)7.98 (c)13,897 89.0 (c)8.37 (c)2,989 (c)19.1 (c)2.24
$1,191 and higher(c)...................... (c)23,274 (c)17,272 74.2 8.05 (c)13,825 (c)80.0 (c)8.50 (c)6,031 (c)34.9 (c)3.03
(1) Includes work at main job only and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work.
(2) Individuals may have worked at more than one location.
(3) "Working at home" includes any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home.
(4) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are
classified as wage and salary workers.
(5) These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary
workers who held only one job.
(6) Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.
(c) corrected
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
Table 8. Time spent in primary activities (1) for the civilian population 18 years and over by
employment status, presence and age of youngest household child, and sex, 2009 annual averages
Total
Average hours per day spent in primary activities
Activity Youngest household Youngest household No household
child under 6 child 6-17 children under 18
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total, all activities (2)............... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
Personal care activities.............. 9.19 9.02 9.33 9.30 9.09 9.48 9.48 9.25 9.71
Sleeping........................... 8.51 8.41 8.59 8.56 8.45 8.66 8.68 8.61 8.74
Eating and drinking................... 1.16 1.21 1.12 1.15 1.20 1.11 1.28 1.31 1.26
Household activities.................. 1.80 1.18 2.28 1.83 1.23 2.39 1.91 1.49 2.33
Housework.......................... .65 .28 .94 .69 .26 1.09 .60 .26 .92
Food preparation and cleanup....... .70 .33 .99 .61 .32 .88 .52 .29 .73
Lawn and garden care............... .12 .17 .09 .16 .23 .09 .24 .34 .16
Household management............... .12 .11 .14 .10 .08 .12 .16 .13 .18
Purchasing goods and services......... .73 .62 .81 .73 .57 .88 .80 .69 .92
Consumer goods purchases........... .36 .31 .41 .38 .28 .47 .39 .31 .47
Professional and personal care
services.......................... .10 .06 .13 .05 .04 .06 .10 .07 .12
Caring for and helping household
members.............................. 2.13 1.50 2.63 .85 .59 1.09 .05 .05 .05
Caring for and helping household
children.......................... 1.92 1.36 2.35 .63 .41 .83 -- -- --
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
members.............................. .12 .13 .12 .17 .16 .19 .24 .22 .26
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults............................ .06 .07 .06 .07 .08 .07 .08 .09 .06
Working and work-related activities... 4.03 5.42 2.94 4.33 5.14 3.59 3.43 4.06 2.81
Working............................ 3.64 4.90 2.66 3.92 4.61 3.27 3.08 3.63 2.54
Educational activities................ .17 .14 .20 .38 .35 .40 .24 .21 .27
Attending class.................... .05 .04 .06 .18 .16 .20 .09 .08 .10
Homework and research.............. .10 .08 .12 .16 .17 .15 .12 .11 .13
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities........................... .25 .23 .27 .38 .41 .35 .35 .30 .39
Religious and spiritual activities .12 .11 .14 .16 .16 .16 .15 .11 .18
Volunteering (organizational and
civic activities)................. .09 .09 .10 .17 .20 .14 .16 .15 .17
Leisure and sports.................... 4.02 4.23 3.86 4.48 4.89 4.10 5.77 6.06 5.48
Socializing and communicating...... .70 .59 .78 .70 .64 .75 .68 .61 .75
Watching television................ 2.26 2.47 2.09 2.36 2.65 2.09 3.18 3.48 2.88
Participating in sports, exercise,
and recreation.................... .21 .28 .15 .30 .42 .19 .29 .38 .21
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail..... .13 .09 .16 .15 .11 .19 .22 .15 .28
Other activities, not elsewhere
classified........................... .27 .23 .29 .25 .26 .24 .23 .22 .24
Employed
Total, all activities (2)............... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
Personal care activities.............. 8.95 8.80 9.11 9.09 8.89 9.30 9.19 8.94 9.48
Sleeping........................... 8.27 8.20 8.35 8.34 8.22 8.46 8.38 8.30 8.48
Eating and drinking................... 1.17 1.22 1.11 1.17 1.22 1.11 1.25 1.28 1.22
Household activities.................. 1.43 1.09 1.82 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.51 1.22 1.84
Housework.......................... .45 .23 .70 .57 .26 .92 .46 .22 .75
Food preparation and cleanup....... .55 .30 .82 .54 .31 .79 .38 .24 .54
Lawn and garden care............... .13 .16 .08 .16 .22 .09 .18 .26 .10
Household management............... .11 .11 .11 .10 .08 .12 .13 .10 .16
Purchasing goods and services......... .69 .64 .75 .70 .56 .84 .73 .63 .84
Consumer goods purchases........... .33 .30 .36 .36 .27 .45 .36 .29 .44
Professional and personal care
services.......................... .09 .07 .11 .05 .04 .06 .07 .05 .09
Caring for and helping household
members.............................. 1.86 1.44 2.33 .75 .56 .96 .03 .04 .03
Caring for and helping household
children.......................... 1.66 1.31 2.07 .56 .41 .71 -- -- --
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
members.............................. .11 .12 .11 .16 .14 .17 .22 .20 .24
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults............................ .06 .06 .05 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .06
Working and work-related activities... 5.58 6.23 4.84 5.66 6.26 5.02 5.67 6.25 5.02
Working............................ 5.11 5.66 4.48 5.17 5.66 4.64 5.19 5.70 4.61
Educational activities................ .11 .08 .14 .24 .21 .27 .26 .19 .33
Attending class.................... .03 .02 .03 .10 .07 .13 .10 .07 .13
Homework and research.............. .07 .05 .09 .12 .13 .11 .13 .10 .15
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities........................... .23 .24 .23 .33 .36 .29 .27 .26 .28
Religious and spiritual activities .11 .11 .11 .13 .12 .15 .11 .09 .13
Volunteering (organizational and
civic activities)................. .09 .10 .08 .15 .19 .11 .12 .13 .11
Leisure and sports.................... 3.54 3.84 3.19 3.97 4.31 3.60 4.54 4.73 4.32
Socializing and communicating...... .59 .56 .62 .58 .52 .65 .62 .56 .69
Watching television................ 1.96 2.17 1.72 2.08 2.34 1.80 2.38 2.56 2.18
Participating in sports, exercise,
and recreation.................... .19 .25 .12 .30 .40 .20 .29 .35 .21
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail..... .10 .08 .12 .12 .10 .14 .16 .11 .22
Other activities, not elsewhere
classified........................... .23 .22 .24 .20 .20 .20 .17 .16 .17
Not employed
Total, all activities (2)............... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
Personal care activities.............. 9.81 10.43 9.65 9.93 9.96 9.91 9.90 9.79 9.99
Sleeping........................... 9.11 9.74 8.94 9.24 9.43 9.13 9.10 9.16 9.05
Eating and drinking................... 1.13 1.17 1.13 1.11 1.09 1.11 1.33 1.37 1.30
Household activities.................. 2.69 1.71 2.94 2.46 1.42 3.07 2.49 1.95 2.93
Housework.......................... 1.15 .61 1.29 1.06 .30 1.51 .79 .34 1.14
Food preparation and cleanup....... 1.07 .49 1.22 .83 .40 1.09 .71 .38 .97
Lawn and garden care............... .12 .21 .09 .16 .28 .09 .33 .47 .22
Household management............... .16 .07 .18 .11 .11 .12 .19 .18 .21
Purchasing goods and services......... .82 .55 .90 .83 .62 .96 .91 .78 1.02
Consumer goods purchases........... .44 .34 .47 .45 .34 .52 .43 .33 .51
Professional and personal care
services.......................... .13 .01 .16 .07 .05 .08 .14 .12 .16
Caring for and helping household
members.............................. 2.82 1.88 3.06 1.14 .71 1.39 .07 .07 .07
Caring for and helping household
children.......................... 2.54 1.71 2.76 .86 .44 1.10 -- -- --
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
members.............................. .14 .18 .13 .23 .23 .23 .26 .24 .28
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults............................ .08 .12 .07 .08 .10 .08 .09 .11 .07
Working and work-related activities(3) .20 .22 .19 .26 .33 .22 .20 .31 .10
Working (3)........................ .03 .01 .03 .07 .09 .06 .04 .07 .02
Educational activities................ .33 .52 .28 .80 .95 .71 .21 .23 .20
Attending class.................... .11 .21 .09 .41 .52 .35 .08 .10 .06
Homework and research.............. .19 .26 .17 .30 .38 .25 .11 .12 .10
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities........................... .29 .16 .32 .54 .64 .47 .46 .38 .53
Religious and spiritual activities .15 .08 .17 .25 .34 .20 .20 .15 .24
Volunteering (organizational and
civic activities)................. .10 .07 .11 .24 .25 .23 .21 .18 .24
Leisure and sports.................... 5.22 6.75 4.82 6.04 7.36 5.27 7.54 8.34 6.90
Socializing and communicating...... .98 .80 1.02 1.05 1.18 .98 .77 .70 .83
Watching television................ 2.99 4.34 2.63 3.22 3.97 2.78 4.32 5.06 3.74
Participating in sports, exercise,
and recreation.................... .25 .51 .18 .30 .49 .19 .30 .42 .21
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail..... .19 .11 .20 .26 .16 .32 .30 .22 .37
Other activities, not elsewhere
classified........................... .36 .31 .37 .41 .51 .34 .33 .33 .32
1 A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously
are not included.
2 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity
category definitions.
3 Estimates include a small amount of work time done by persons who do not meet the ATUS definition
for employed.
--- Not applicable.
Table 9. Time spent caring for household children under 18 by sex of adult (1) and age of youngest child by day of week, average for the combined years 2005-09
Average hours per day spent caring for household children
Childcare activities Total Weekdays Weekends and holidays(2)
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Persons in households with children under 18, total:
Caring for household children as a primary activity...... 1.33 0.86 1.73 1.42 0.84 1.91 1.13 0.90 1.31
Physical care........................................... .45 .24 .63 .48 .25 .67 .39 .24 .52
Education-related activities............................ .10 .06 .13 .13 .07 .17 .03 .02 .04
Reading to/with children................................ .04 .02 .05 .04 .02 .05 .03 .02 .04
Talking to/with children................................ .05 .03 .07 .06 .03 .08 .04 .02 .05
Playing/doing hobbies with children..................... .27 .25 .30 .26 .22 .29 .31 .31 .31
Looking after children.................................. .08 .06 .09 .07 .05 .09 .09 .08 .10
Attending children's events............................. .06 .05 .07 .05 .04 .06 .08 .07 .08
Travel related to care of household children............ .17 .11 .23 .21 .12 .28 .09 .08 .10
Other childcare activities.............................. .11 .05 .17 .14 .06 .20 .06 .05 .08
Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 17 years:
Caring for household children as a primary activity.... .79 .51 1.03 .87 .52 1.18 .58 .48 .67
Physical care......................................... .15 .08 .21 .17 .09 .25 .09 .06 .13
Education-related activities.......................... .12 .07 .16 .15 .09 .20 .04 .03 .05
Reading to/with children.............................. .02 .01 .02 .02 .01 .03 .01 .01 .02
Talking to/with children.............................. .07 .03 .09 .07 .04 .11 .05 .03 .06
Playing/doing hobbies with children................... .06 .08 .05 .06 .07 .04 .08 .08 .08
Looking after children................................ .04 .03 .06 .04 .02 .05 .06 .05 .06
Attending children's events........................... .08 .06 .09 .06 .04 .08 .11 .10 .12
Travel related to care of household children.......... .16 .10 .21 .19 .11 .26 .09 .08 .10
Other childcare activities............................ .09 .05 .13 .11 .05 .16 .05 .04 .06
Persons in households with youngest child under 6:
Caring for household children as a primary activity.... 1.98 1.30 2.54 2.08 1.25 2.75 1.76 1.42 2.03
Physical care......................................... .81 .45 1.10 .84 .44 1.16 .74 .47 .96
Education-related activities.......................... .08 .05 .10 .10 .06 .13 .02 .01 .03
Reading to/with children.............................. .06 .04 .08 .07 .04 .08 .05 .04 .07
Talking to/with children.............................. .03 .02 .05 .04 .02 .05 .02 .01 .03
Playing/doing hobbies with children................... .52 .45 .58 .50 .39 .58 .58 .59 .57
Looking after children................................ .11 .09 .13 .11 .07 .13 .13 .13 .14
Attending children's events........................... .04 .03 .05 .04 .02 .05 .05 .05 .04
Travel related to care of household children.......... .19 .11 .25 .23 .13 .31 .09 .07 .10
Other childcare activities............................ .14 .06 .20 .17 .07 .25 .08 .05 .10
1 Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 18, whether or not they provided childcare.
2 Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about
Thanksgiving Day in 2005; New Year's Day in 2007; and Christmas Day in 2008.
Table 10. Time spent providing secondary childcare for household children under 13 by sex of adult (1) and age of youngest child by day of week, average for the combined years 2005-09
Average hours per day spent caring for household children(3)
Childcare activities(2) Total Weekdays Weekends and holidays(4)
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Persons in households with children under 13, total.............. 5.31 4.17 6.26 4.33 3.01 5.42 7.58 6.84 8.21
Caring for household children as a secondary activity in
conjunction with:
Personal care activities...................................... .27 .18 .35 .24 .15 .31 .34 .23 .43
Household activities.......................................... 1.25 .71 1.70 1.06 .49 1.54 1.68 1.21 2.08
Purchasing goods and services................................. .38 .26 .49 .29 .16 .40 .59 .49 .68
Working and work-related activities........................... .20 .17 .22 .22 .17 .26 .14 .17 .12
Eating and drinking........................................... .66 .58 .72 .54 .44 .62 .93 .89 .96
Leisure and sports............................................ 2.12 1.98 2.24 1.64 1.40 1.84 3.24 3.31 3.19
Other activities.............................................. .43 .29 .54 .32 .18 .44 .66 .53 .76
Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 12, total...... 4.83 3.97 5.58 3.74 2.78 4.55 7.40 6.69 8.02
Caring for household children as a secondary activity in
conjunction with:
Personal care activities.................................... .25 .16 .32 .21 .14 .27 .33 .22 .42
Household activities........................................ 1.12 .70 1.48 .86 .43 1.23 1.72 1.32 2.08
Purchasing goods and services............................... .29 .20 .37 .20 .11 .29 .50 .40 .59
Working and work-related activities......................... .20 .19 .21 .21 .19 .24 .16 .19 .13
Eating and drinking......................................... .57 .51 .62 .45 .37 .52 .84 .82 .86
Leisure and sports.......................................... 2.00 1.91 2.08 1.51 1.36 1.65 3.14 3.17 3.12
Other activities............................................ .41 .30 .50 .28 .19 .36 .70 .57 .82
Persons in households with youngest child under 6, total...... 5.64 4.31 6.72 4.74 3.17 6.02 7.72 6.95 8.34
Caring for household children as a secondary activity in
conjunction with:
Personal care activities.................................... .29 .19 .37 .26 .17 .34 .34 .24 .43
Household activities........................................ 1.34 .71 1.85 1.21 .53 1.76 1.66 1.14 2.08
Purchasing goods and services............................... .45 .30 .56 .35 .20 .48 .66 .55 .75
Working and work-related activities......................... .20 .17 .23 .23 .17 .28 .13 .16 .11
Eating and drinking......................................... .72 .63 .79 .61 .49 .70 .99 .95 1.02
Leisure and sports.......................................... 2.21 2.03 2.35 1.73 1.44 1.97 3.31 3.40 3.24
Other activities............................................ .44 .28 .56 .35 .18 .49 .63 .51 .73
1 Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 13, whether or not they provided childcare.
2 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.
3 Secondary childcare time is defined as time one has a child under 13 "in his or her care" while doing something else as a main activity; information on secondary childcare is not
collected for children over 12 years. Estimates include a small amount of care provided to own, nonhousehold children.
4 Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about Thanksgiving Day in 2005;
New Year's Day in 2007; and Christmas Day in 2008.
Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2009 annual averages
Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities
Participating in Playing games and Other leisure and
Total, all leisure and sports sports, exercise, Socializing and Watching TV Reading Relaxing/ computer use for sports activities,
activities and recreation communicating thinking leisure including
Characteristic travel(1)
Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week- Week-
Total, Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends Week- ends
all 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(2) days(2) days(2) days(2) days(2) days(2) days(2) days(2)
Sex
Men..................................... 5.59 4.95 7.09 0.39 0.45 0.47 0.98 2.80 3.81 0.26 0.28 0.24 0.28 0.41 0.58 0.39 0.71
Women................................... 4.93 4.48 5.99 .20 .24 .57 1.22 2.43 2.87 .41 .45 .24 .27 .32 .33 .31 .62
Age
Total, 15 years and over................ 5.25 4.71 6.53 .29 .34 .52 1.10 2.61 3.32 .33 .37 .24 .28 .36 .45 .35 .66
15 to 19 years....................... 5.75 5.36 6.67 .68 .64 .73 1.26 2.19 2.62 .17 .09 .13 .11 .84 1.02 .63 .91
20 to 24 years....................... 4.94 4.32 6.43 .32 .48 .57 1.29 2.28 2.86 .19 .15 .19 .22 .40 .52 .38 .92
25 to 34 years....................... 4.57 3.83 6.37 .25 .40 .50 1.27 2.06 3.16 .17 .15 .18 .17 .35 .51 .32 .70
35 to 44 years....................... 4.27 3.64 5.77 .24 .30 .46 1.03 2.13 2.91 .16 .24 .14 .22 .23 .45 .28 .62
45 to 54 years....................... 4.83 4.21 6.21 .24 .35 .50 1.10 2.43 3.24 .26 .35 .21 .26 .25 .28 .32 .63
55 to 64 years....................... 5.44 4.91 6.71 .23 .23 .45 .99 3.03 3.69 .43 .57 .24 .35 .29 .31 .24 .58
65 to 74 years....................... 6.77 6.53 7.35 .35 .21 .59 1.01 3.58 4.17 .71 .68 .44 .45 .41 .31 .45 .54
75 years and over.................... 7.76 7.62 8.08 .24 .17 .56 .81 4.38 4.52 1.03 1.03 .64 .63 .42 .44 .35 .48
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................... 5.17 4.61 6.52 .29 .36 .52 1.13 2.51 3.23 .37 .41 .22 .26 .34 .45 .35 .68
Black or African American............... 5.99 5.61 6.92 .29 .18 .62 1.04 3.48 4.13 .14 .14 .38 .43 .39 .39 .31 .62
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............ 4.70 4.14 6.03 .24 .28 .53 1.38 2.52 3.18 .13 .10 .22 .24 .19 .25 .32 .61
Employment status
Employed................................ 4.24 3.50 5.98 .25 .37 .41 1.08 1.92 2.93 .22 .30 .19 .22 .22 .40 .30 .68
Full-time workers.................... 4.08 3.26 6.00 .22 .37 .37 1.08 1.85 2.98 .20 .28 .18 .21 .18 .40 .26 .67
Part-time workers.................... 4.80 4.31 5.91 .34 .37 .54 1.08 2.18 2.77 .28 .34 .20 .24 .35 .41 .42 .70
Not employed............................ 6.89 6.67 7.43 .37 .29 .71 1.14 3.73 3.97 .52 .49 .33 .37 .59 .53 .43 .64
Earnings of full-time wage and salary
workers
(single jobholders only)(3)
0 - $510(c)............................. (c)4.45 (c)3.74 (c)5.99 0.16 (c)0.31 (c)0.36 1.14 2.28 (c)3.27 0.14 0.18 0.28 0.22 (c)0.20 0.39 0.34 (c)0.47
$511 - $780(c).......................... 4.22 (c)3.41 (c)6.36 (c).19 (c).28 (c).36 1.06 (c)1.97 (c)3.36 .22 (c).23 (c).22 (c).24 .21 (c).46 .24 (c).74
$781 - $1,190(c)........................ (c)4.22 (c)3.32 (c)6.27 .25 .34 (c).43 1.12 (c)1.95 (c)3.11 .20 (c).27 (c).11 (c).25 .18 (c).42 (c).19 (c).76
$1,191 and higher(c).................... (c)3.94 (c)3.03 6.09 .27 (c).46 (c).36 (c).98 1.54 (c)2.77 .25 .46 .16 (c).15 .15 (c).51 .30 (c).76
Presence and age of children
No household children under 18.......... 5.78 5.26 7.01 .31 .32 .54 1.04 2.91 3.69 .42 .48 .29 .33 .42 .49 .38 .66
Household children under 18............. 4.40 3.82 5.77 .27 .37 .50 1.20 2.13 2.74 .19 .19 .16 .20 .26 .39 .29 .67
Children 13 to 17 years, none younger 4.92 4.26 6.31 .35 .41 .57 1.26 2.23 2.89 .26 .30 .18 .24 .31 .48 .37 .74
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger 4.41 3.84 5.77 .34 .43 .47 1.11 2.10 2.67 .19 .20 .14 .19 .30 .45 .31 .72
Youngest child under 6 years......... 4.11 3.56 5.44 .18 .30 .50 1.24 2.10 2.71 .15 .13 .18 .19 .21 .29 .24 .58
Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present................. 4.83 4.24 6.20 .26 .30 .47 1.08 2.41 3.18 .35 .41 .23 .27 .25 .37 .28 .59
Men.................................. 5.20 4.49 6.81 .33 .39 .41 .95 2.68 3.77 .30 .34 .25 .31 .25 .41 .28 .65
Women................................ 4.46 4.00 5.56 .20 .21 .54 1.21 2.14 2.58 .39 .48 .20 .23 .25 .32 .27 .53
Other marital statuses.................. 5.73 5.23 6.91 .33 .39 .58 1.13 2.84 3.48 .32 .32 .25 .28 .49 .55 .42 .74
Men.................................. 6.06 5.50 7.45 .47 .54 .55 1.03 2.94 3.85 .21 .22 .23 .24 .60 .80 .51 .77
Women................................ 5.43 5.00 6.45 .21 .27 .61 1.23 2.75 3.16 .42 .41 .28 .32 .39 .34 .35 .72
Educational attainment, 25 years
and over
Less than a high school diploma......... 6.53 6.20 7.23 .21 .16 .58 1.19 4.16 4.40 .23 .21 .54 .66 .23 .21 .25 .41
High school graduates, no college(4).... 5.79 5.32 6.91 .24 .24 .49 1.10 3.25 3.94 .39 .32 .31 .37 .32 .34 .31 .60
Some college or associate degree........ 4.95 4.33 6.38 .23 .30 .51 .99 2.37 3.32 .34 .47 .22 .20 .35 .49 .31 .61
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)......... 4.41 3.76 5.95 .30 .41 .47 1.05 1.85 2.67 .41 .56 .12 .17 .28 .41 .34 .69
(1) Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities.
(2) Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
(3) These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held one job only.
(4) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(5) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
(c) corrected
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
Table 12. Average hours per day spent in primary activities (1) for the civilian population, 2009 quarterly and
annual averages
(Not seasonally adjusted)
2009
Activity Quarterly averages
Annual
average
I II III IV
Total, all activities (2) ................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
Personal care activities................... 9.37 9.49 9.55 9.38 9.45
Sleeping................................ 8.61 8.68 8.78 8.61 8.67
Eating and drinking........................ 1.21 1.21 1.25 1.22 1.22
Household activities....................... 1.75 1.81 1.85 1.79 1.80
Housework............................... .66 .55 .59 .60 .60
Food preparation and cleanup............ .51 .50 .57 .58 .54
Lawn and garden care.................... .09 .33 .25 .13 .20
Household management.................... .16 .13 .12 .12 .13
Purchasing goods and services.............. .69 .77 .76 .82 .76
Consumer purchases...................... .35 .36 .38 .42 .38
Professional and personal care services .08 .09 .09 .08 .09
Caring for and helping household members... .57 .54 .52 .53 .54
Caring for and helping household
children............................... .44 .43 .42 .42 .43
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members .20 .21 .23 .20 .21
Caring for and helping nonhousehold
adults................................. .06 .07 .08 .07 .07
Working and work-related activities........ 3.69 3.59 3.42 3.44 3.53
Working................................. 3.33 3.22 3.07 3.09 3.18
Educational activities..................... .58 .37 .29 .62 .46
Attending class......................... .35 .21 .15 .34 .26
Homework and research................... .18 .13 .11 .22 .16
Organizational, civic, and religious
activities................................ .34 .34 .30 .37 .34
Religious and spiritual activities...... .16 .16 .12 .14 .15
Volunteering (organizational and civic
activities)............................ .14 .14 .14 .18 .15
Leisure and sports......................... 5.22 5.23 5.37 5.18 5.25
Socializing and communicating........... .64 .72 .71 .72 .70
Watching television..................... 2.97 2.75 2.75 2.82 2.82
Participating in sports, exercise, and
recreation............................. .25 .32 .39 .27 .31
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail.......... .20 .22 .17 .20 .20
Other activities, not elsewhere classified .19 .23 .28 .27 .24
1 A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not
included.
2 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category
definitions.
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
United States Department of Labor
