Table 11A. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, averages per day, 2024 annual averages

Table 11A. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, averages per day, 2024 annual averages
Characteristic	Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities, all days of week
Characteristic	Total, all leisure and sports activities	Participating in sports, exercise and recreation	Socializing and communicating	Watching TV	Reading	Relaxing/ thinking	Playing games and computer use for leisure	Other leisure and sports activities, including travel(1)
Sex
Men	5.48	0.38	0.56	2.82	0.25	0.37	0.71	0.38
Women	4.67	0.25	0.61	2.39	0.31	0.36	0.43	0.33

Age
Total, 15 years and over	5.07	0.31	0.59	2.60	0.28	0.36	0.57	0.35
15 to 19 years	5.36	0.64	0.59	2.01	0.15	0.17	1.31	0.49
20 to 24 years	4.67	0.46	0.65	1.70	0.13	0.26	0.93	0.55
25 to 34 years	4.26	0.26	0.56	1.84	0.17	0.27	0.83	0.33
35 to 44 years	3.80	0.23	0.57	1.89	0.15	0.29	0.39	0.27
45 to 54 years	4.32	0.28	0.62	2.13	0.18	0.46	0.32	0.32
55 to 64 years	5.34	0.26	0.59	3.08	0.33	0.42	0.33	0.33
65 to 74 years	6.52	0.32	0.55	3.95	0.47	0.43	0.43	0.37
75 years and over	7.56	0.27	0.58	4.58	0.77	0.58	0.44	0.34

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	5.07	0.32	0.60	2.57	0.31	0.33	0.56	0.37
Black or African American	5.62	0.21	0.48	3.37	0.14	0.64	0.49	0.27
Asian	3.98	0.49	0.57	1.46	0.17	0.25	0.71	0.33
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	4.45	0.28	0.69	2.25	0.10	0.40	0.46	0.28

Employment status
Employed	4.13	0.28	0.53	2.01	0.18	0.31	0.49	0.33
Full-time workers	3.97	0.27	0.52	1.94	0.17	0.31	0.44	0.32
Part-time workers	4.68	0.30	0.55	2.27	0.20	0.31	0.70	0.36
Not employed	6.68	0.37	0.68	3.61	0.46	0.46	0.69	0.40

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(2)
$0 - $840	3.91	0.16	0.48	2.10	0.10	0.32	0.50	0.23
$841 - $1,250	4.22	0.21	0.55	2.03	0.19	0.36	0.52	0.36
$1,251 - $1,970	4.05	0.34	0.50	1.87	0.15	0.35	0.52	0.33
$1,971 and higher	4.00	0.38	0.55	1.87	0.22	0.21	0.39	0.38

Presence and age of household children
No household children under 18	5.66	0.32	0.58	3.01	0.35	0.39	0.62	0.38
Household children under 18	3.87	0.30	0.59	1.77	0.14	0.31	0.45	0.30
Children 13 to 17 years, none younger	4.74	0.42	0.59	2.36	0.12	0.26	0.63	0.38
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger	3.86	0.30	0.52	1.61	0.20	0.43	0.50	0.30
Youngest child under 6 years	3.23	0.22	0.67	1.47	0.09	0.24	0.27	0.25

Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present	4.74	0.28	0.63	2.52	0.29	0.35	0.36	0.31
Men	5.17	0.32	0.59	2.90	0.26	0.40	0.36	0.32
Women	4.30	0.24	0.66	2.13	0.32	0.30	0.36	0.29
Other marital statuses	5.40	0.35	0.54	2.68	0.27	0.38	0.78	0.40
Men	5.83	0.45	0.52	2.73	0.24	0.34	1.10	0.44
Women	5.02	0.25	0.56	2.63	0.29	0.41	0.50	0.37

Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	5.30	0.20	0.74	3.01	0.08	0.83	0.27	0.17
High school graduates, no college	5.52	0.19	0.55	3.36	0.20	0.44	0.48	0.30
Some college or associate degree	5.36	0.22	0.59	2.94	0.31	0.44	0.48	0.37
Bachelor's degree and higher	4.58	0.35	0.57	2.17	0.41	0.27	0.48	0.34
Bachelor's degree only	4.67	0.35	0.57	2.26	0.36	0.29	0.52	0.32
Advanced degree	4.46	0.36	0.56	2.04	0.49	0.24	0.40	0.37
Footnotes (1) Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities. (2) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.

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Last Modified Date: June 26, 2025