
An official website of the United States government
On an average day in 2013, adults age 75 and over spent 7.5 hours engaged in leisure activities—more than any other age group; 25- to 34-year-olds spent 4.3 hours and 35- to 44-year-olds spent 4.1 hours engaged in leisure and sports activities—less than other age groups.
Age | Average hours per day spent in primary activities | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal care activities | Eating and drinking | Household activities | Purchasing goods and services | Caring for and helping household members | Caring for and helping non-household members | Working and work-related activities | Educational activities | Organizational, civic, and religious activities | Leisure and sports | Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail | |
Total | |||||||||||
15 to 19 years | 10.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
20 to 24 years | 9.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
25 to 34 years | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
35 to 44 years | 9.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
45 to 54 years | 9.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
55 to 64 years | 9.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
65 to 74 years | 9.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
75 years and over | 10.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
Men | |||||||||||
15 to 19 years | 10.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
20 to 24 years | 9.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
25 to 34 years | 9.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.6 | (1) | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
35 to 44 years | 9.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
45 to 54 years | 9.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.1 |
55 to 64 years | 9.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
65 to 74 years | 9.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
75 years and over | 9.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | (1) | 0.5 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
Women | |||||||||||
15 to 19 years | 10.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
20 to 24 years | 10.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
25 to 34 years | 9.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
35 to 44 years | 9.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
45 to 54 years | 9.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
55 to 64 years | 9.4 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
65 to 74 years | 9.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
75 years and over | 10.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
Footnotes: |
In 2013, on an average day, persons aged 15 to 19 spent more time (10.5 hours) engaged in personal care activities (which include sleeping) than any other age group. Men and women in that age group spent about the same amount of time engaged in personal care activities.
On an average day in 2013, women aged 35 and over spent over 2 hours engaged in household activities. In contrast, with the exception of men aged 65 to 74 years (2 hours), men in all other age groups spent less than 2 hours engaged in household activities. Men aged 15 to 24 years and women aged 15 to 19 spent less than 1 hour engaged in household activities.
Across all age groups, on an average day, men spent more time engaged in working and work-related activities than women in 2013. Women aged 25 to 44 spent over 1.4 hours per day engaged in caring for and helping household members. In contrast, men of all age groups spent less than 1 hour per day engaged in caring for and helping household members.
These data are from the American Time Use Survey. For more information, see "American Time Use Survey — 2013 Results" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑1137. Estimates on time engaged in educational activities for men aged 25 to 34 and 75 and over were suppressed because they did not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Adults 75 and over spent 7.5 hours engaged in leisure activities on an average day in 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140627.htm (visited February 12, 2025).