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Activity | Average hours per day spent in primary activities | |||||||||||
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Household child under 18 | No household children under 18 | |||||||||||
Total | Youngest household child under 6 |
Youngest household child 6 to 17 |
Total | Men | Women | |||||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||||
Total, all activities(1) |
24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 |
Personal care activities |
9.42 | 9.17 | 9.70 | 9.32 | 9.06 | 9.60 | 9.49 | 9.23 | 9.76 | 9.58 | 9.40 | 9.79 |
Sleeping(2) |
8.68 | 8.55 | 8.82 | 8.65 | 8.52 | 8.79 | 8.70 | 8.57 | 8.84 | 8.78 | 8.69 | 8.88 |
Eating and drinking |
1.20 | 1.22 | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.33 | 1.09 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.20 |
Household activities |
1.58 | 1.32 | 1.87 | 1.64 | 1.36 | 1.95 | 1.55 | 1.30 | 1.82 | 1.60 | 1.37 | 1.88 |
Housework |
0.46 | 0.27 | 0.67 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 0.73 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.29 | 0.62 |
Food preparation and cleanup |
0.62 | 0.42 | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.43 | 0.88 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.82 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 0.65 |
Lawn and garden care |
0.12 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
Household management |
0.09 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
Purchasing goods and services |
0.60 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.60 |
Consumer goods purchases |
0.31 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.31 |
Professional and personal care services |
0.04 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | (3)- | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Caring for and helping household members |
1.21 | 0.93 | 1.52 | 1.92 | 1.48 | 2.40 | 0.76 | 0.57 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Caring for and helping household children |
1.00 | 0.79 | 1.23 | 1.70 | 1.36 | 2.08 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.70 | - | - | - |
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members |
0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.22 |
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults |
0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.07 | (3)- | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
Working and work-related activities |
5.62 | 6.27 | 4.91 | 5.42 | 5.95 | 4.82 | 5.75 | 6.48 | 4.96 | 5.49 | 5.76 | 5.17 |
Working |
5.27 | 5.86 | 4.62 | 5.08 | 5.56 | 4.55 | 5.39 | 6.06 | 4.66 | 5.10 | 5.31 | 4.86 |
Educational activities |
0.19 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.06 | (4)- | 0.08 | 0.27 | (4)- | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.18 |
Attending class |
0.08 | (4)- | 0.09 | (3)- | (4)- | (4)- | 0.11 | (4)- | (4)- | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
Homework and research |
0.10 | 0.08 | 0.12 | (3)- | (4)- | (4)- | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.09 |
Organizational, civic, and religious activities |
0.19 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
Religious and spiritual activities |
0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) |
0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Leisure and sports |
3.60 | 3.83 | 3.35 | 3.36 | 3.71 | 2.96 | 3.76 | 3.91 | 3.59 | 4.57 | 4.77 | 4.32 |
Socializing and communicating |
0.54 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.59 |
Watching television |
1.79 | 1.95 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.81 | 1.44 | 1.88 | 2.04 | 1.70 | 2.39 | 2.58 | 2.16 |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation |
0.23 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.25 |
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail |
0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
Other activities, not elsewhere classified |
0.22 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
Footnotes |
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- Not applicable. |