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American Time Use Survey

The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.

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Latest Numbers

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AVERAGE HOURS PER DAY News Release

Household activities: 1.92 in 2023 Historical Data

Eating and drinking: 1.20 in 2023 Historical Data

Leisure and sports: 5.15 in 2023 Historical Data

Sleeping: 9.07 in 2023 Historical Data

Caring for and helping household children, parents: 1.40 in 2023 Historical Data

Working, employed persons: 5.02 in 2023 Historical Data

Working on days worked, employed persons: 7.75 in 2023 Historical Data

PERCENT PARTICIPATING ON AN AVERAGE DAY

Working, employed persons: 64.7 in 2023 Historical Data

Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation: 21.1 in 2023 Historical Data

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News Releases

35% of employed people do some or all of their work at home on days they work in 2023

06/27/2024

In 2023, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home on days they worked, and 73 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at their workplace.
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In 2021-22, 14% of the U.S. population, or 37.1 million people, provide unpaid eldercare

09/21/2023

Fourteen percent of the U.S. population provides eldercare--unpaid care for someone with a condition related to aging--to others. On a given day, 28 percent of eldercare providers engage in eldercare, spending an average of 3.6 hours in eldercare activities.
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Publications

The Economics Daily

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Watching the Olympics? Many common sports and exercise activities are part of the competition

The first modern Olympic Games were in Athens, Greece, in 1896 and included nine sports. Today, the Olympic Opening Ceremony celebrates the 2024 Summer Games hosted in Paris, France, with over 10,000 athletes competing in 32 sports. Though not everyone can make it to the Olympics, many people across the ocean in the United States will be taking part in some of the same sports and exercise activities as those exceptional athletes. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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Does part-time work offer flexibility to employed mothers?

Mothers working part time have jobs with reduced availability of family-friendly benefits and wages compared with mothers working full time. read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

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Job Flexibilities and Work Schedules in 2017–18

This Spotlight on Statistics looks at the percentage of wage and salary workers with flexible work arrangements, including workers’ ability and choices to work at home and adjust their work hours. This Spotlight also examines who works which schedules and why. read more »