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Table 11. Waking hours spent alone or with others, by selected characteristics, averages for May to December, 2019 and 2020

Table 11. Waking hours spent alone or with others, by selected characteristics, averages for May to December, 2019 and 2020
Characteristic Average waking hours per day, alone or with others present(1)
Total waking hours(2) Alone Others present, not alone Information not collected(3)
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020

Age

Total, 15 years and over

 15.16 14.99 6.06 7.01 8.23 7.19 0.88 0.79

15 to 19 years

 14.19 14.10 4.28 6.00 7.76 6.03 2.15 2.07

20 to 24 years

 14.55 14.45 5.79 6.38 8.03 7.35 0.72 0.72

25 to 34 years

 15.18 14.98 4.54 5.96 9.88 8.34 0.76 0.68

35 to 44 years

 15.43 15.20 5.14 5.62 9.55 8.94 0.74 0.64

45 to 54 years

 15.44 15.25 5.97 7.41 8.67 7.17 0.80 0.67

55 to 64 years

 15.46 15.16 7.30 7.93 7.38 6.54 0.78 0.68

65 to 74 years

 15.29 15.19 7.75 8.31 6.77 6.19 0.76 0.69

75 years and over

 14.93 14.91 8.16 8.84 5.92 5.29 0.84 0.78

Sex

Men

 15.22 15.10 6.40 7.42 8.08 6.99 0.74 0.69

Women

 15.11 14.89 5.73 6.62 8.37 7.38 1.01 0.89

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White

 15.20 15.04 5.90 6.84 8.47 7.40 0.84 0.80

Black or African American

 14.98 14.72 6.97 8.06 6.95 5.88 1.06 0.77

Asian

 15.03 14.89 5.99 7.02 7.96 7.08 1.09 0.79

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 14.90 14.79 5.20 6.03 8.70 7.82 1.00 0.94

Employment status

Employed

 15.46 15.32 5.53 6.69 9.12 7.89 0.81 0.74

Full-time workers

 15.60 15.43 5.53 6.71 9.30 8.02 0.77 0.70

Part-time workers

 14.98 14.95 5.55 6.63 8.46 7.42 0.97 0.90

Not employed

 14.66 14.52 6.96 7.45 6.70 6.20 1.00 0.86

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single
jobholders only)

Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile

 15.24 14.99 5.43 5.95 9.00 8.28 0.82 0.75

Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles

 15.47 15.22 5.34 6.23 9.37 8.29 0.77 0.70

Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles

 15.59 15.66 5.16 7.19 9.61 7.75 0.82 0.72

Earnings greater than the 75th percentile

 15.83 15.58 5.71 7.30 9.44 7.67 0.68 0.61

Presence and age of household children

No household children under 18

 15.11 14.97 6.83 7.91 7.41 6.29 0.88 0.76

Household children under 18

 15.26 15.04 4.59 5.28 9.80 8.91 0.88 0.85

Children 13 to 17 years, none younger

 15.15 14.83 5.73 6.61 8.48 7.36 0.94 0.86

Children 6 to 12 years, none younger

 15.16 15.10 4.87 5.62 9.36 8.57 0.93 0.91

Youngest child under 6 years

 15.42 15.12 3.68 4.16 10.95 10.16 0.79 0.79

Marital status and sex

Married, spouse present

 15.40 15.28 5.07 5.78 9.57 8.84 0.75 0.66

Men

 15.55 15.46 5.49 6.20 9.44 8.66 0.62 0.60

Women

 15.24 15.10 4.64 5.37 9.70 9.01 0.90 0.72

Other marital statuses

 14.93 14.70 7.05 8.25 6.87 5.53 1.01 0.93

Men

 14.86 14.70 7.43 8.72 6.55 5.21 0.88 0.78

Women

 14.99 14.70 6.74 7.83 7.14 5.81 1.11 1.06

Day of week

Non-holiday weekdays

 15.45 15.24 6.42 7.43 8.10 6.96 0.93 0.85

Weekends or holidays

 14.52 14.40 5.24 6.01 8.52 7.73 0.76 0.66

Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Less than a high school diploma

 14.76 14.58 6.58 6.77 7.47 7.19 0.71 0.62

High school graduates, no college

 15.14 14.96 6.46 7.07 7.93 7.20 0.75 0.69

Some college or associate degree

 15.31 15.11 6.14 7.13 8.40 7.28 0.77 0.69

Bachelor's degree and higher

 15.58 15.36 6.08 7.32 8.69 7.36 0.81 0.68

Bachelor's degree only

 15.52 15.32 6.11 7.22 8.58 7.43 0.82 0.68

Advanced degree

 15.66 15.43 6.03 7.47 8.83 7.27 0.80 0.69

(1) This information was collected by asking people, "Who was in the room with you?" or "Who accompanied you?" See Technical Note for more information.
(2) Information about who people were with while they slept was not collected and thus this table focuses on times people were awake.
(3) Information about who people were with was not collected for certain non-sleep activities (grooming, personal activities, and attending high school classes) and when respondents did not remember or refused to provide an activity or information about who they were with.

Note: Data refer to persons 15 years and over, unless otherwise specified, and are representative of the periods May 10th through December 31st. Time spent with multiple people is counted in all relevant categories. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.

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Last Modified Date: July 22, 2021