# For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, June 22, 2010 USDL-10-0855

Technical information: (202) 691-6339 • atusinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/tus

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, to correct the earnings sections

on tables 5, 7, and 11, and the section on weekly ea rnings ranges appearing in the technical note.

The analyses in this release were not affected by the corrections.)



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# The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has re leased 2009 results from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). These data include the average amount of time per day in 2009 that individuals worked,

did household activities, and engage d in leisure and sports activities . Additionally, measures of the

average time per day spent provid ing childcare—both as a primary (o r main) activity and while doing

other things—for the combined years 2005-09 are provided. Except for childcare, activities done simultaneously with primary activities were not collected. For a further description of ATUS data and methodology, see the Technical Note.

Working (by Employed Persons) in 2009

 Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked. More hours were

worked, on average, on weekdays than on w eekend days—7.9 hours compared with 5.0 hours.

(See table 4.)

 On the days that they worked, employed men worked 56 minutes more than employed women.

This difference partly reflects women's greater likelihood of working part time. However, even

among full-time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked longer

than women—8.3 hours compared with 7.5 hours. (See table 4.)

 Many more people worked on weekdays than on w eekend days; that is, th ey spent some time

doing tasks required for a job, regardless of whether it was part of their usual work schedule or

arrangement. Eighty-three per cent of employed persons worked on an average weekday, compared with 35 percent on an av erage weekend day. (See table 4.)

 On the days that they worked, 24 percent of empl oyed persons did some or all of their work at

home, and 84 percent did some or all of their work at their workplac e. Men and women were

about equally likely to do some or all of their work at home. (See table 6.)

 Multiple jobholders were almost twice as likely to work on an average weekend day as were

single jobholders—59 percent compared with 32 percent. Multiple jobholders also were more

likely to work at home than were single jobho lders—32 percent compared with 22 percent.

(See tables 4 and 6.)

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#  Self-employed workers were three times more like ly than wage and salary workers to have done

some work at home on days worked—60 percent compared with 20 percent. (See table 7.)

 On the days that they worked, 40 percent of em ployed people age 25 and over with a bachelor's

degree or higher did some work at home, compared with only 10 pe rcent of those with less than

a high school diploma. (See table 6.)

Household Activities in 2009

 On an average day, 85 percent of women and 67 percent of men spen t some time doing household activities such as housework, cooking, lawn care, or financial and other household management. (For a definition of average day, see the Technical Note.) (See table 1.)

 On the days that they did household activities , women spent an average of 2.6 hours on such

activities, while men spent 2.0 hours. (See table 1.)

 On an average day, 20 percent of men did housework—such as clea ning or doing laundry—

compared with 51 percent of women. Forty pe rcent of men did food preparation or cleanup,

compared with 68 percent of women. (See table 1.)

Leisure Activities in 2009

 On an average day, nearly everyone age 15 and ov er (96 percent) engaged in some sort of

leisure activity, such as watc hing TV, socializing, or exercising. Of those who engaged in

leisure activities, men spent more time in th ese activities (5.8 hours) than did women (5.1

hours). (See table 1.)

 Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time (2.8 hours per day), accounting for about half of leisure time, on average, for those age 15 and over. Socializing, such as

visiting with friends or attending or hosting so cial events, was the next most common leisure

activity, accounting for near ly three-quarters of an hour per day. (See table 1.)

 Men were more likely than women to participat e in sports, exercise, or recreation on any given

day—21 percent compared with 16 percent. On the days that they participated, men also spent

more time in these activities th an did women, 2.0 hours compared w ith 1.4 hours. (See table 1.)

 On an average day, adults age 75 and over spent 7.8 hours engaged in leisure activities—more

than any other age group; 35- to 44-year-olds spent 4.3 hours engage d in leisure and sports activities—less than other age groups. (See table 11.)

 Time spent reading for personal interest and play ing games or using a computer for leisure varied greatly by age. Individuals age 75 and ove r averaged 1.0 hour of reading per weekend day

and 26 minutes playing games or using a computer for leisure. Conversel y, individuals ages 15

to 19 read for an average of 5 minutes per w eekend day while spending 1.0 hour playing games

or using a computer for leisure. (See table 11.)

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#  Employed adults living in households with no ch ildren under 18 engaged in leisure activities

for 4.5 hours per day, an hour more than employed adults living with a child under age 6. (See

table 8.)

Care of Household Children (by Adults in Hous eholds with Children) for the period 2005-09

 Adults living in households w ith children under 6 spent an average of 2.0 hours per day providing primary childcare to household childre n. Adults living in hous eholds where the youngest child was between the ages of 6 and 17 spent less than half as much time providing primary

childcare to household children—47 minutes per day. Primary childcare is childcare that is done

as a main activity, such as physical care of child ren and reading to or ta lking with children. (See

table 9.)

 On an average day, among adults living in households with children under 6, women spent 1.1

hours providing physical care (such as bathing or feeding a child ) to household children; by contrast, men spent 0.5 hour providing physical care. (See table 9.)

 Adults living in households with at least one child under 6 spent an average of 5.6 hours per

day providing secondary childcare—t hat is, they had at least one ch ild in their care while doing

activities other than primary childcare. Seconda ry childcare provided by adults living in households with children under 6 was most commonly provided while doing leisure activities (2.2

hours) or household activities (1.3 hours). (See table 10.)

 Adults living in households with children under 6 spent more time providing primary childcare

on an average weekday (2.1 hours) than on an av erage weekend day (1.8 hours). However, they

spent less time providing secondary childcare on weekdays than on weekend days—4.7 hours

compared with 7.7 hours. (See tables 9 and 10.)

Additional Data

ATUS 2009 data files are available for users to do their own tabulations and analyses. In accordance

with BLS and Census Bureau policies that protect su rvey respondents' privacy, identifying information

was removed from the data files and some responses have been edited. The 2009 data files are available

on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/tus/data.htm.

# Technical Note

The estimates in this release are based on annual

average data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS).

The ATUS, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau

for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is a continuous

survey about how individuals age 15 and over spend their

time.

Information in this release will be made available to

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.



# Survey methodology

Data collection for the ATUS began in January 2003.

Sample cases for the survey are selected monthly, and

interviews are conducted continuously throughout the year.

In 2009, approximately 13,100 individuals were

interviewed. Estimates are released annually.

ATUS sample households are chosen from the

households that completed their eighth (final) interview for

the Current Population Survey (CPS), the nation’s monthly

household labor force survey. ATUS sample households

are selected to ensure that estimates will be nationally

representative.

One individual age 15 or over is randomly chosen

from each sampled household. This "designated person" is

interviewed by telephone once about his or her activities on

the day before the interview—the "diary day."

All ATUS interviews are conducted using Computer

Assisted Telephone Interviewing . Procedures are in place

to collect information from the small number of households

that did not provide a telephone number during the CPS

interview.

ATUS designated persons are preassigned a day of the

week about which to report. Preassignment is designed to

reduce variability in response rates across the week and to

allow oversampling of weekend days so that accurate

weekend day measures can be developed. Interviews occur

on the day following the assigned day. For example, a

person assigned to report about a Monday would be

contacted on the following Tuesday. Ten percent of

designated persons are assigned to report about each of the

five weekdays. Twenty-five percent are assigned to report

about each weekend day. Households are called for up to 8

consecutive weeks (for example, 8 Tuesdays) in order to

secure an interview.



# About the questionnaire

In the time diary portion of the ATUS interview,

survey respondents sequentially report activities they did

between 4 a.m. on the day before the interview

("yesterday") until 4 a.m. on the day of the interview. For

each activity, respondents are asked how long the activity

lasted. For activities other than personal care activities

(such as sleeping and grooming), interviewers also ask

respondents where they were. And for activities other than personal care and work, they are asked who was in the

room with them (if at home) or who accompanied them (if

away from home). If respondents report doing more than

one activity at a time, they are asked to identify which one

was the "main" (primary) activity. If none can be

identified, then the interviewer records the first activity

mentioned. After completing the time diary, interviewers

ask respondents additional questions to clearly identify

work, volunteering, and secondary childcare activities.

Secondary childcare is defined as having a child under age

13 in one’s care while doing other activities.

In addition, the ATUS includes an update of the

household composition information from the last CPS

interview (2 to 5 months prio r to the ATUS interview) and

the employment status information of the respondent and

his or her spouse or unmarried partner. For respondents

who became employed or chan ged jobs between the last

CPS interview and the ATUS inte rview, information also is

collected on industry, occupa tion, class of worker, and

earnings. For those who are unemployed and/or on layoff,

CPS questions on job search activities are asked. Those

who report being on layoff are asked if or when they expect

to be recalled to work. Finally, a question about current

school enrollment status is asked of all respondents ages 15

to 49.

After completing the interview, primary activity descriptions are assigned a single 6-digit code using the

ATUS Coding Lexicon. The 3-tier coding system consists

of 17 major activity categories, each with multiple secondand third-tier subcategories. These coding lexicon categories are then combined in to composite categories for

publication, such as in this news release. Descriptions of

categories shown in this release can be found in the Major

activity category definitions section of this Technical Note.

The 2009 ATUS Coding Lexicon can be accessed at

www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons.htm.



# Concepts and definitions

Average day . The average day measure reflects an

average distribution across all persons in the reference

population and all days of the week. Average day measures

for the entire population prov ide a mechanism for seeing

the overall distribution of tim e allocation for society as a

whole. The ATUS collects data about daily activities from

all segments of the population age 15 and over, including

persons who are employed and not employed. Activity

profiles differ based upon age, employment status, gender,

and other characteristics. On an average day in 2009, persons in the U.S. age 15 and over did work and work-related

activities for 3.5 hours, slept about 8.7 hours, spent 5.3

hours doing leisure and sports activities, and spent 1.8

hours doing household activities. The remaining 4.7 hours

were spent doing a variety of other activities, including

eating and drinking, attending school, and shopping. (See

# table 1.) By comparison, an average weekday for persons

employed full time on days that they worked included 9.2

hours doing work and work-related activities, 7.6 hours

sleeping, 2.9 hours doing leisure and sports activities, and

0.9 hour doing household activities. The remaining 3.4

hours were spent in other activities, such as those described

above. (These estimates include related travel time.)

Many activities typically are not done on a daily basis,

and some activities only are done by a subset of the

population. For example, only 43 percent of all persons age

15 years and over worked on an average day in 2009

because some were not empl oyed and those who were

employed did not work every day. (See table 1.)

Average hours per day . The average number of hours

spent in a 24-hour day (between 4 a.m. on the diary day and

4 a.m. on the interview day) doing a specified activity.

 Average hours per day, population . The

average number of hours per day is computed

using all responses from a given population,

including those of respondents who did not do a

particular activity on their diary day. These estimates reflect how many population members

engaged in an activity and the amount of time

they spent doing it.

 Average hours per day, persons who did the

activity . The average number of hours per day

is computed using only responses from those

who engaged in a particular activity on their

diary day.

Diary day . The diary day is the day about which the

respondent reports. For example, the diary day of a

respondent interviewed on Tuesday is Monday.

Earnings

 Usual weekly earnings . Data represent the

earnings of full-time wage and salary workers

with one job only, before taxes and other

deductions. They incl ude any overtime pay,

commissions, or tips usually received. Usual

weekly earnings are only updated in ATUS for

about a third of employed respondents—if the

respondent changed jobs or employment status

between the CPS and ATUS interviews or if the

CPS weekly earnings value was imputed. This

means that the earnings in formation could be out

of date because the CPS interview was done 2 to

5 months prior to the ATUS interview.

Respondents are asked to identify the easiest

way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly,

biweekly, twice monthly, annually, or other) and

how much they usually earn in the reported time

period. Earnings reported on a basis other than

weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent.

The term "usual" is as perceived by the respondent. If the respondent asks for a

definition of usual, interviewers are instructed to

define the term as more than half the weeks

worked during the past 4 or 5 months.

 Weekly earnings ranges . The ranges used

represent approximately 25 percent of full-time

wage and salary workers who held only one job.

For example, 25 percent of full-time wage and

salary workers with one job only had weekly

earnings of $510 or less. These dollar values

vary from year to year.

Employment status

 Employed. All persons who, at any time during

the 7 days prior to the interview:

1) Did any work at all as paid employees;

worked in their own business, profession, or on

their own farm; or usually worked 15 hours or

more as unpaid workers in a family-operated

enterprise; or

2) Were not working but had jobs or businesses

from which they were temporarily absent due to

illness, bad weather, v acation, childcare problems, labor-management disputes, maternity or

paternity leave, job training, or other family or

personal reasons, whether or not they were paid

for the time off or were seeking other jobs.

 Emp loyed full time . Full-time workers are those

who usually worked 35 hours or more per week

at all jobs combined.

 Employed part time . Part-time workers are

those who usually worked fewer than 35 hours

per week at all jobs combined.

 Not employed . Persons are not employed if they

do not meet the conditions for employment. The

not employed include those classified as unemployed as well as those classified as not in the

labor force (using CPS definitions).

The numbers of employed and not employed persons

in this report do not correspond to published totals from the

CPS for several reasons. First, the reference population for

the ATUS is age 15 years and over, whereas it is age 16

years and over for the CPS. Second, ATUS data are

collected continuously, the employment reference period

being the 7 days prior to the interview. By contrast, CPS

data are usually collected during the week including the

19th of the month and refer to employment during the week

containing the 12th of the mont h. Finally, the CPS accepts

answers from household members about other household

members whereas such proxy responses are not allowed in

the ATUS. One consequence of the difference in proxy

# reporting is that a significantly higher proportion of

teenagers report employment in th e ATUS than in the CPS.

While the information on employment from the ATUS is

useful for assessing work in the context of other daily

activities, the employment data are not intended for analysis

of current employment trends. Compared with the CPS and

other estimates of employment, the ATUS estimates are

based on a much smaller sample and are only available with

a substantial lag since ATUS data and estimates are published during the year following data collection.

Household children . Household children are children

under age 18 residing in the household of the ATUS respondent. The children may be related to the respondent

(such as his or her own children, grandchildren, nieces or

nephews, or brothers or sisters) or not related (such as

foster children or children of roommates).

Primary activity . A primary activity is the main

activity a respondent was doing at a specified time. With

the exception of secondary childcare in table 10, the

estimates presented in this release reflect time spent in

primary activities only.

Secondary activities . A secondary (or simultaneous)

activity is an activity done at the same time as a primary

activity. With the exception of the care of children under

age 13, information on secondary activities is not

systematically collected in the ATUS.

Secondary childcare . Secondary childcare is care for

children under age 13 that is done while doing an activity

other than primary childcare, such as cooking dinner.

Secondary childcare estimates are derived by summing the

durations of activities during which respondents had a

household child or their own nonhousehold child under age

13 in their care while doing activities other than primary

childcare. It is restricted to times the respondent was

awake. Secondary childcare time for household children is

further restricted to the time between when the first

household child under age 13 woke up and the last

household child under age 13 went to bed. If respondents

report providing both primary and secondary care at the

same time, the time is attributed to primary care only.

Weekday, weekend, and holiday estimates . Estimates

for weekdays are an average of reports about Monday

through Friday. Estimates for weekend days and holidays

are an average of reports about Saturdays, Sundays, and the

following holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial

Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and

Christmas Day.



# Major activity category definitions

The following definitions describe the activity

categories shown in this repo rt. All major time-use categories in the tables include related travel time and waiting

time. For example, time spent "driving to the stadium" and

time spent "waiting to get into the stadium to play ball" are

included in Leisure and sports

. Personal care activities . Personal care activities include sleeping, grooming (such as bathing or dressing),

health-related self-care, and personal or private activities.

Receiving unpaid personal care from others (for example, "my sister put polish on my nails") also is captured in this

category. In general, respondents are not asked who they

were with or where they were for personal care activities, as

such information can be sensitive.

Eating and drinking . All time spent eating or drinking

(except eating and drinking done as part of a work or

volunteer activity), whether alone, with others, at home, at a

place of purchase, or somewhere else, is classified here.

Time spent purchasing or talking related to purchasing

meals, snacks, or beverages is not counted as part of this

category; time spen t doing these activities is counted in

Purchasing goods and services

. Household activities . Household activities are those

done by persons to maintain their households. These

include housework; cooking; lawn and garden care; pet

care; vehicle maintenance and repair; home maintenance,

repair, decoration, and renovation; and household

management and organizational activities (such as filling

out paperwork, balancing a checkbook, or planning a

party). Food preparation, whether or not reported as done

specifically for another hous ehold member, is always

classified as a household activity unless it was done as a

volunteer, work, or income-generating activity. For

example, "making breakfast for my son" is coded as a

household activity, not as childcare.

Purchasing goods and services . This category includes purchases of consumer goods, professional and

personal care services, house hold services, and government

services. Consumer purchases include most purchases and

rentals of consumer goods, re gardless of the mode or place

of purchase or rental (in person, via telephone, over the

Internet, at home, or in a stor e). Gasoline, grocery, other

food purchases, and all other shopping are further broken

out in subcategories.

Time spent obtaining, r eceiving, and purchasing professional and personal care se rvices provided by someone

else also is classified in this category. Professional services

include childcare, financial services and banking, legal

services, medical and adult care services, real estate

services, and veterinary services. Personal care services

include day spas, hair salons and barbershops, nail salons,

and tanning salons. Activities classified here include time

spent paying, meeting with, or talking to service providers,

as well as time spent receivi ng the service or waiting to

receive the service.

Time spent arranging for and purchasing household

services provided by someone el se also is classified here.

Household services include housecleaning; cooking; lawn

care and landscaping; pet care; tailoring, laundering, and

dry cleaning; vehicle maintenance and repairs; and home

repairs, maintenance, and construction.

This category also capture s the time spent obtaining

government services—such as applying for food stamps—

and purchasing government-required licenses or paying

fines or fees



# . Caring for and helping household members . Time

spent doing activities to care for or help any child (under

age 18) or adult in the household, regardless of relationship

to the respondent or the physical or mental health status of

# the person being helped, is classified here. Caring for and

helping activities for household children and adults are

coded separately in subcategories.

Primary childcare activities include time spent

providing physical care; playing with children; reading to

children; assistance with homework; attending children’s

events; taking care of children’ s health needs; and dropping

off, picking up, and waiting for children. Passive childcare

done as a primary activity (such as "keeping an eye on my

son while he swam in the pool") also is included. A child’s

presence during the activity is not enough in itself to

classify the activity as childcar e. For example, "watching

television with my child" is coded as a leisure activity, not

as childcare.

Secondary childcare occurs when persons have a child

under age 13 "in their care" while doing activities other

than primary childcare. For a complete definition, see the

Concepts and definitions section of this Technical Note.

Caring for and helping household members also

includes a range of activities done to benefit adult members

of households, such as providing physical and medical care

or obtaining medical services. Doing something as a favor

for or helping another household adult does not automatically result in classificat ion as a helping activity. For

example, a report of "helping my spouse cook dinner" is

considered a household activity (food preparation), not a

helping activity, because co oking dinner benefits the

household as a whole. By contrast, doing paperwork for

another person usually benefits the individual, so a report of

"filling out an insurance application for my spouse" is

considered a helping activity.

Caring for and helping nonhousehold members

. Caring for and helping nonhousehold members includes

activities persons do to care for or help those—either

children (under age 18) or adults—who do not live with

them. When done for or through an organization, time

spent helping nonhousehold me mbers is classified as volunteering, rather than as helping nonhousehold members.

Care of nonhousehold children, even when done as a favor

or helping activity for another adult, is always classified as

caring for and helping nonhousehold children, not as

helping another adult.

Working and work-related activities . This category

includes time spent working, doing activities as part of

one’s job, engaging in income-generating activities (not as

part of one’s job), and job search activities. "Working"

includes hours spent doing the specific tasks required of

one’s main or other job, regardless of location or time of

day. "Work-related activities" include activities that are not

obviously work but are done as part of one’s job, such as

having a business lunch or playing golf with clients. "Other

income-generating activities" are those done "on the side"

or under informal arrangement and are not part of a regular

job. Such activities might include selling homemade crafts,

babysitting, maintaining a rental property, or having a yard

sale. These activities are those that persons "are paid for or

will be paid for."

Travel time related to wo rking and work-related activities includes time spent traveling to and from work, as

well as time spent traveling for work-related, incomegenerating, and job search activities.

Educational activities . Educational activities include

taking classes (including Internet and other distancelearning courses) for a degree as well as for personal

interest; doing research and homework; and taking care of

administrative tasks related to education, such as registering

for classes or obtaining a school ID. For high school

students, before- and after-school extracurricular activities

(except sports) also are classified as educational activities.

Educational activities do not include time spent for classes

or training received as part of a job. Time spent helping

others with their education-related activities is classified in

the Caring for and helping categories.

Organizational, civic, and religious activities . This

category captures time spent vol unteering for or through an

organization, performing civic obligations, and participating in religious and spiritual activities. Civic obligations

include government-required duties, such as serving jury

duty or appearing in court, and activities that assist or influence government processes, such as voting or attending

town hall meetings. Religious activities include those normally associated with membership in or identification with

specific religions or denominations, such as attending religious services; participating in choirs, youth groups,

orchestras, or unpaid teaching (unless identified as

volunteer activities); and engaging in personal religious

practices, such as praying.

Leisure and sports . The leisure and sports category

includes sports, exercise, and recreation; socializing and

communicating; and other leisure activities. Sports, exercise, and recreation activities include participating in—as

well as attending or watching— sports, exercise, and recreational activities. Recreational activities are leisure activities

that are active in nature, such as yard games like croquet or

horseshoes. Socializing and communicating includes faceto-face social communication and hosting or attending social functions. Leisure activities include watching television; reading; relaxing or thinking; playing computer,

board, or card games; using a computer or the Internet for

pers onal interest; playing or listening to music; and other

activities, such as attending arts, cultural, and entertainment

events.

Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail . This category

captures telephone communication and handling household

or personal mail or e-mail. Telephone and Internet purchases are classified in Purchasing goods and services.

Telephone calls, mail, or e-mail identified as related to

work or volunteering are classified as work or volunteering.

Other activities, not elsewhere classified . This

residual category includes security procedures related to

traveling, traveling not associ ated with a specific activity

category, ambiguous activities that could not be coded, and

missing activities. Missing activities result when respondents did not remember what they did for a period of time, or

when they considered an activity too private or personal to

report.

# Processing and estimation

After ATUS data are collect ed, they go through an

editing and imputation procedure. Responses to CPS

questions that are re-asked in the ATUS go through the

regular CPS edit and imputation procedures. Some item

nonresponses for questions unique to the ATUS (such as

where an activity took place or how much time was spent

doing secondary childcare) also are imputed. Missing

activities and missing values for who was present during an

activity are never imputed.

ATUS records are weighted quarterly to reduce bias in

the estimates due to differences in sampling and response

rates across subpopulations and days of the week.

Specifically, the data are weight ed to ensure the following:

 Weekdays represent about 5/7 of the weighted

data, and weekend days each represent about 1/7

of the weighted data for the population as a

whole. The actual proportions depend on the

number of weekdays and weekend days in a

given quarter.

 The sum of the weights is equal to the number of

person-days in the quarter for the population as a

whole and for selected subpopulations. 

# Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the ATUS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than

the entire population, is survey ed, there is a chance that the

sample estimates may differ from the "true" population

values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling

error , varies depending on the particular sample selected,

and this variability is measured by the standard error of the

estimate. There is about a 90 -percent chance, or level of

confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ

by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true"

population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses

are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of

confidence.

The ATUS data also are affected by nonsampling

error . Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons,

including the failure to sample a segment of the population,

inability to obtain information for all respondents in the

sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide

correct information, and errors made in the collection or

processing of the data. Errors also could occur if nonresponse is correlated with time use



# .**Table 1. Time spent in primary activities**1**and percent of the civilian population engaging in each activity, averages per day by sex, 2009 annual averages** ActivityAverage hours per day, civilianpopulationAverage percent engaged in theactivity per dayAverage hours per day for personswho engaged in the activityTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotal, all activities2......................................................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 – – – – – –Personal care activities ................................................. 9.45 9.25 9.63 100.0 100.0 100.0 9.45 9.26 9.63Sleeping ..................................................................... 8.67 8.62 8.73 99.9 99.8 100.0 8.68 8.63 8.73Eating and drinking ....................................................... 1.22 1.26 1.19 96.4 96.1 96.8 1.27 1.31 1.23Household activities ...................................................... 1.80 1.33 2.24 76.1 66.6 85.0 2.36 2.00 2.63Housework ................................................................. .60 .26 .92 36.3 20.2 51.3 1.65 1.27 1.79Food preparation and cleanup ................................... .54 .29 .77 54.6 39.9 68.3 .99 .73 1.13Lawn and garden care ............................................... .20 .28 .12 9.4 11.5 7.4 2.11 2.42 1.67Household management ........................................... .13 .11 .16 19.1 16.4 21.6 .70 .67 .72Purchasing goods and services .................................... .76 .64 .88 44.4 39.2 49.2 1.71 1.62 1.78Consumer goods purchases ...................................... .38 .30 .46 40.2 35.8 44.4 .94 .83 1.03Professional and personal care services ................... .09 .06 .11 8.6 6.4 10.7 .99 .98 1.00Caring for and helping household members ................. .54 .37 .70 25.2 20.2 29.9 2.13 1.81 2.34Caring for and helping household children ................ .43 .28 .57 21.6 16.4 26.5 1.98 1.71 2.14Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ........... .21 .19 .22 13.4 11.4 15.2 1.55 1.69 1.46Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............. .07 .08 .06 8.7 7.8 9.6 .82 1.02 .67Working and work-related activities .............................. 3.53 4.26 2.85 45.4 51.9 39.2 7.78 8.20 7.26Working ..................................................................... 3.18 3.81 2.58 42.7 48.4 37.3 7.44 7.86 6.93Educational activities .................................................... .46 .43 .50 8.2 7.4 8.9 5.68 5.84 5.56Attending class .......................................................... .26 .26 .27 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.03 5.01 5.05Homework and research ........................................... .16 .14 .18 5.6 4.9 6.3 2.82 2.84 2.81Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................ .34 .32 .36 14.5 12.6 16.4 2.32 2.53 2.17Religious and spiritual activities ................................. .15 .12 .17 9.0 7.0 10.8 1.62 1.78 1.53Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ....... .15 .15 .15 7.2 7.1 7.2 2.11 2.17 2.07Leisure and sports ........................................................ 5.25 5.59 4.93 96.1 95.9 96.2 5.46 5.83 5.13Socializing and communicating ................................. .70 .63 .76 39.2 34.6 43.4 1.78 1.81 1.76Watching television .................................................... 2.82 3.10 2.56 81.8 82.7 81.0 3.45 3.75 3.17Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........ .31 .41 .21 18.2 20.9 15.7 1.69 1.96 1.36Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................. .20 .14 .25 25.7 19.6 31.4 .77 .71 .80Other activities, not elsewhere classified ...................... .24 .23 .26 15.7 13.6 17.8 1.55 1.69 1.441A primary activity refers to an individual’s main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.2All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.– Not applicable.NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 2. Time spent in primary activities**1**and percent of the civilian population engaging in each activity, averages per day on weekdays and weekends, 2009 annual averages** ActivityAverage hours per day,civilian populationAverage percentengaged in the activityper dayAverage hours per dayfor persons whoengaged in the activityWeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2Total, all activities3......................................................... 24.00 24.00 – – – –Personal care activities ................................................. 9.20 10.04 100.0 100.0 9.20 10.04Sleeping ..................................................................... 8.39 9.33 99.9 99.9 8.40 9.34Eating and drinking ....................................................... 1.18 1.33 96.7 95.9 1.22 1.39Household activities ...................................................... 1.70 2.04 76.0 76.4 2.23 2.67Housework ................................................................. .55 .71 35.5 38.1 1.55 1.87Food preparation and cleanup ................................... .52 .59 55.8 51.6 .93 1.15Lawn and garden care ............................................... .18 .24 9.0 10.3 2.02 2.30Household management ........................................... .13 .14 19.4 18.3 .68 .76Purchasing goods and services .................................... .72 .87 43.7 46.0 1.64 1.88Consumer goods purchases ...................................... .33 .50 38.7 43.9 .84 1.15Professional and personal care services ................... .11 .04 10.4 4.4 1.01 .90Caring for and helping household members ................. .57 .46 26.6 21.9 2.15 2.10Caring for and helping household children ................ .44 .39 22.8 18.8 1.94 2.10Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ........... .19 .26 12.7 15.0 1.48 1.70Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............. .06 .10 8.1 10.1 .71 1.04Working and work-related activities .............................. 4.50 1.24 54.5 23.9 8.27 5.19Working ..................................................................... 4.06 1.09 51.5 21.9 7.88 5.00Educational activities .................................................... .58 .21 9.4 5.3 6.12 3.85Attending class .......................................................... .36 .03 7.1 .9 5.084( )Homework and research ........................................... .16 .15 6.2 4.4 2.66 3.35Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................ .23 .58 11.9 20.8 1.96 2.81Religious and spiritual activities ................................. .07 .32 5.8 16.5 1.24 1.94Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ....... .13 .19 7.1 7.5 1.91 2.57Leisure and sports ........................................................ 4.71 6.53 95.6 97.2 4.93 6.71Socializing and communicating ................................. .52 1.10 36.4 45.6 1.44 2.42Watching television .................................................... 2.61 3.32 81.3 83.1 3.21 4.00Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........ .29 .34 18.8 16.8 1.56 2.03Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................. .20 .19 27.0 22.6 .74 .84Other activities, not elsewhere classified ...................... .23 .27 15.5 16.3 1.51 1.631A primary activity refers to an individual’s main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.2Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.3All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.4Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.– Not applicable.NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 3. Time spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and educational attainment, 2009 annual averages** CharacteristicAverage hours per day spent in primary activities2PersonalcareactivitiesEating anddrinkingHouseholdactivitiesPurchasinggoods andservicesCaring forandhelpinghouseholdmembersCaring forandhelpingnonhouseholdmembersWorkingand workrelatedactivitiesEducational activitiesOrganizational,civic, andreligiousactivitiesLeisureand sportsTelephonecalls, mail,and e-mailOtheractivities,notelsewhereclassifiedTotal, 15 years and over ....................... 9.45 1.22 1.80 0.76 0.54 0.21 3.53 0.46 0.34 5.25 0.20 0.2415 to 19 years ..................................... 10.29 1.06 .70 .54 .19 .26 1.04 3.27 .31 5.75 .32 .2720 to 24 years ..................................... 10.25 1.04 1.13 .68 .41 .17 3.83 1.01 .15 4.94 .15 .2425 to 34 years ..................................... 9.20 1.18 1.46 .70 1.16 .16 4.70 .30 .21 4.57 .13 .2335 to 44 years ..................................... 9.12 1.18 1.84 .78 1.12 .18 4.67 .12 .33 4.27 .15 .2345 to 54 years ..................................... 9.09 1.20 2.01 .81 .39 .22 4.65 .06 .37 4.83 .18 .1955 to 64 years ..................................... 9.25 1.29 2.16 .88 .12 .28 3.72 .03 .38 5.44 .21 .2365 to 74 years ..................................... 9.55 1.45 2.58 .86 .07 .30 1.26 .03 .55 6.77 .25 .3475 years and over ............................... 10.01 1.49 2.42 .72 .06 .11 .30 .01 .48 7.76 .32 .33Men, 15 years and over ....................... 9.25 1.26 1.33 .64 .37 .19 4.26 .43 .32 5.59 .14 .2315 to 19 years ..................................... 10.38 1.00 .55 .38 .18 .26 1.10 3.06 .37 6.24 .27 .2120 to 24 years ..................................... 10.07 1.04 .83 .58 .18 .19 4.50 .84 .15 5.21 .11 .2925 to 34 years ..................................... 9.01 1.17 1.04 .61 .65 .16 5.55 .25 .19 5.06 .11 .2135 to 44 years ..................................... 8.91 1.24 1.27 .65 .77 .19 5.60 .11 .31 4.65 .12 .1945 to 54 years ..................................... 8.85 1.26 1.52 .66 .34 .18 5.44 .03 .35 5.07 .09 .2155 to 64 years ..................................... 9.02 1.36 1.67 .74 .09 .20 4.49 .02 .33 5.74 .12 .2165 to 74 years ..................................... 9.30 1.54 2.07 .72 .07 .28 1.57 .03 .52 7.35 .20 .3575 years and over ............................... 9.82 1.61 1.84 .71 .08 .11 .48 .00 .48 8.34 .24 .29Women, 15 years and over ................. 9.63 1.19 2.24 .88 .70 .22 2.85 .50 .36 4.93 .25 .2615 to 19 years ..................................... 10.21 1.12 .86 .71 .19 .26 .98 3.49 .25 5.25 .37 .3320 to 24 years ..................................... 10.43 1.03 1.43 .79 .64 .14 3.15 1.17 .16 4.67 .19 .1925 to 34 years ..................................... 9.40 1.19 1.88 .78 1.68 .16 3.85 .35 .24 4.08 .16 .2435 to 44 years ..................................... 9.33 1.12 2.39 .91 1.46 .17 3.75 .14 .36 3.91 .18 .2845 to 54 years ..................................... 9.32 1.15 2.47 .96 .43 .25 3.90 .10 .39 4.60 .26 .1755 to 64 years ..................................... 9.46 1.23 2.62 1.01 .15 .35 2.99 .04 .42 5.17 .29 .2565 to 74 years ..................................... 9.76 1.38 3.01 .97 .08 .31 .99 .02 .57 6.28 .29 .3375 years and over ............................... 10.14 1.41 2.79 .73 .05 .12 .19 .01 .48 7.38 .37 .35White, 15 years and over ..................... 9.38 1.26 1.88 .77 .53 .21 3.58 .44 .32 5.17 .19 .25Men ..................................................... 9.17 1.29 1.39 .64 .37 .20 4.39 .42 .30 5.46 .13 .24Women ............................................... 9.59 1.23 2.36 .89 .69 .23 2.80 .47 .33 4.89 .25 .27See footnotes at end of table.**Table 3. Time spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and educational attainment, 2009 annual averages — Continued** CharacteristicAverage hours per day spent in primary activities2PersonalcareactivitiesEating anddrinkingHouseholdactivitiesPurchasinggoods andservicesCaring forandhelpinghouseholdmembersCaring forandhelpingnonhouseholdmembersWorkingand workrelatedactivitiesEducational activitiesOrganizational,civic, andreligiousactivitiesLeisureand sportsTelephonecalls, mail,and e-mailOtheractivities,notelsewhereclassifiedBlack or African American, 15 yearsand over .............................................. 9.91 0.92 1.25 0.71 0.47 0.19 3.19 0.46 0.47 5.99 0.24 0.19Men ..................................................... 9.87 .91 1.03 .61 .30 .19 3.28 .38 .44 6.58 .20 .20Women ............................................... 9.95 .94 1.44 .79 .61 .19 3.12 .53 .49 5.50 .27 .18Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 15 yearsand over .............................................. 9.72 1.16 1.80 .74 .73 .21 3.58 .63 .29 4.70 .12 .32Men ..................................................... 9.58 1.15 1.20 .64 .48 .21 4.33 .61 .24 5.16 .09 .30Women ............................................... 9.87 1.18 2.43 .84 .99 .21 2.79 .65 .34 4.21 .16 .34Marital status and sex:Married, spouse present ..................... 9.15 1.32 2.15 .80 .76 .20 3.89 .09 .39 4.83 .16 .25Men ................................................... 8.95 1.36 1.55 .66 .53 .18 4.75 .08 .39 5.20 .11 .25Women ............................................. 9.36 1.27 2.75 .95 .99 .22 3.03 .11 .39 4.46 .21 .26Other marital statuses ........................ 9.78 1.12 1.39 .71 .28 .22 3.12 .89 .28 5.73 .24 .24Men ................................................... 9.62 1.13 1.05 .61 .17 .21 3.65 .86 .23 6.06 .18 .21Women ............................................. 9.92 1.11 1.69 .80 .38 .22 2.66 .91 .32 5.43 .29 .26Educational attainment, 25 years andover:Less than a high school diploma ........ 9.82 1.05 2.10 .66 .55 .17 2.38 .04 .37 6.53 .11 .22High school graduates, no college3... 9.35 1.21 2.09 .74 .46 .25 3.37 .04 .33 5.79 .16 .21Some college or associate degree ..... 9.22 1.22 2.00 .81 .59 .20 4.04 .19 .32 4.95 .20 .25Bachelor’s degree and higher4.......... 9.04 1.42 1.82 .88 .73 .18 4.46 .15 .41 4.41 .24 .271A primary activity refers to an individual’s main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.2All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.3Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.4Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be ofany race.**Table 4. Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2009 annual averages** (Numbers in thousands)CharacteristicTotalemployedEmployed persons who worked onan average dayEmployed persons who worked onan average weekdayEmployed persons who worked onan average Saturday, Sunday, andholiday1NumberPercent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2Number3Percent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2Number4Percent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2**Full- and part-time status and sex**Total, 15 years and over5........................................ 148,720 101,379 68.2 7.48 122,636 82.5 7.92 51,652 34.7 5.03Full-time workers ................................................... 114,618 82,511 72.0 7.97 100,923 88.1 8.44 39,044 34.1 5.13Part-time workers .................................................. 34,102 18,868 55.3 5.34 21,636 63.4 5.50 12,587 36.9 4.72Men5....................................................................... 78,264 55,676 71.1 7.90 67,121 85.8 8.34 28,417 36.3 5.46Full-time workers ................................................... 65,641 48,043 73.2 8.29 58,529 89.2 8.75 23,473 35.8 5.59Part-time workers .................................................. 12,623 7,633 60.5 5.47 8,657 68.6 5.63 4,971 39.4 4.77Women5.................................................................. 70,456 45,703 64.9 6.97 55,485 78.8 7.42 23,267 33.0 4.52Full-time workers ................................................... 48,977 34,468 70.4 7.53 42,398 86.6 8.01 15,557 31.8 4.42Part-time workers .................................................. 21,479 11,235 52.3 5.25 12,936 60.2 5.40 7,659 35.7 4.69**Jobholding status**Single jobholders ...................................................... 132,834 88,563 66.7 7.48 108,470 81.7 7.90 42,513 32.0 4.97Multiple jobholders .................................................... 15,886 12,816 80.7 7.51 14,134 89.0 8.08 9,424 59.3 5.31**Educational attainment, 25 years and over**Less than a high school diploma .............................. 9,087 5,968 65.7 7.75 7,348 80.9 7.92 2,886 31.8 6.80High school graduates, no college6......................... 36,852 24,251 65.8 8.03 30,571 83.0 8.22 9,625 26.1 6.60Some college or associate degree ........................... 33,136 23,045 69.5 7.76 28,092 84.8 8.19 11,139 33.6 5.22Bachelor’s degree and higher7................................ 47,722 34,855 73.0 7.20 41,919 87.8 7.90 18,251 38.2 3.441Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.2Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.3Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.4Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.5Includes workers whose hours vary.6Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.7Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2009 annual averages** (Numbers in thousands)CharacteristicTotalemployedEmployed persons who worked onan average dayEmployed persons who worked onan average weekdayEmployed persons who worked onan average Saturday, Sunday, andholiday1NumberPercent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2Number3Percent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2Number4Percent ofemployedAveragehours ofwork2**Class of worker (main job only)**Wage and salary workers ......................................... 137,890 92,192 66.9 7.48 113,051 82.0 7.89 43,575 31.6 4.98Self-employed workers5........................................... 10,753 7,198 66.9 6.46 8,081 75.1 7.02 5,035 46.8 4.24**Occupation (main job only)**Management, business, and financial operations .... 22,801 16,656 73.1 7.69 20,614 90.4 8.25 7,502 32.9 4.13Professional and related ........................................... 34,308 23,634 68.9 7.14 28,866 84.1 7.82 11,908 34.7 3.47Services .................................................................... 25,460 15,240 59.9 6.94 17,832 70.0 7.10 9,249 36.3 6.20Sales and related ...................................................... 15,716 11,245 71.6 7.18 12,144 77.3 7.68 8,863 56.4 5.38Office and administrative support ............................. 19,196 12,117 63.1 7.18 15,514 80.8 7.44 3,971 20.7 4.75Farming, fishing, and forestry ................................... 1,346 763 56.77( ) 993 73.77( ) 411 30.57( )Construction and extraction ...................................... 6,863 4,526 65.9 7.80 5,791 84.4 8.25 1,707 24.97( )Installation, maintenance, and repair ........................ 5,454 3,552 65.1 8.26 4,669 85.6 8.59 1,214 22.27( )Production ................................................................ 8,981 5,864 65.3 8.37 7,594 84.6 8.48 1,370 15.37( )Transportation and material moving ......................... 8,595 5,827 67.8 7.90 7,146 83.1 8.11 2,623 30.57( )**Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)** 60 - $510c..................................................................c23,227c15,040c64.8c7.82c18,803c81.0c8.06c6,782c29.2c6.37$511 - $780c............................................................c22,789c16,514c72.5 8.16c20,697c90.8c8.42c5,561c24.4c5.67$781 - $1,190c.........................................................c23,080c15,619c67.7c7.98c19,757c85.6c8.37c6,315c27.4c5.24$1,191 and higherc..................................................c23,274c17,272 74.2 8.05c21,449c92.2 8.70c7,439c32.0c3.651Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.2Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work.3Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.4Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.5Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salaryworkers.6These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage andsalary workers who held only one job.7Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.ccorrectedNOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 6. Employed persons working**1**at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, and educational attainment, 2009 annual averages** (Numbers in thousands)CharacteristicTotalemployedEmployed persons who worked onan average dayEmployed persons who worked attheir workplace on an average day2Employed persons who worked athome on an average day2, 3NumberPercent ofemployedAveragehours ofworkNumberPercent ofthose whoworkedAveragehours ofwork atworkplaceNumberPercent ofthose whoworkedAveragehours ofwork athome**Full- and part-time status and sex**Total, 15 years and over4........................................ 148,720 101,379 68.2 7.48 85,267 84.1 7.82 23,925 23.6 2.98Full-time workers ................................................... 114,618 82,511 72.0 7.97 70,365 85.3 8.24 19,353 23.5 3.13Part-time workers .................................................. 34,102 18,868 55.3 5.34 14,902 79.0 5.81 4,572 24.2 2.35Men4....................................................................... 78,264 55,676 71.1 7.90 47,411 85.2 8.17 13,033 23.4 3.12Full-time workers ................................................... 65,641 48,043 73.2 8.29 41,289 85.9 8.51 11,081 23.1 3.24Part-time workers .................................................. 12,623 7,633 60.5 5.47 6,121 80.2 5.93 1,952 25.6 2.49Women4.................................................................. 70,456 45,703 64.9 6.97 37,856 82.8 7.38 10,892 23.8 2.81Full-time workers ................................................... 48,977 34,468 70.4 7.53 29,076 84.4 7.87 8,272 24.0 2.99Part-time workers .................................................. 21,479 11,235 52.3 5.25 8,780 78.2 5.74 2,620 23.3 2.24**Jobholding status**Single jobholders ...................................................... 132,834 88,563 66.7 7.48 74,876 84.5 7.81 19,828 22.4 3.13Multiple jobholders .................................................... 15,886 12,816 80.7 7.51 10,391 81.1 7.88 4,097 32.0 2.24**Educational attainment, 25 years and over**Less than a high school diploma .............................. 9,087 5,968 65.7 7.75 5,538 92.8 7.92 609 10.27( )High school graduates, no college5......................... 36,852 24,251 65.8 8.03 21,559 88.9 8.14 3,154 13.0 4.97Some college or associate degree ........................... 33,136 23,045 69.5 7.76 19,748 85.7 8.07 4,759 20.7 3.02Bachelor’s degree and higher6................................ 47,722 34,855 73.0 7.20 26,371 75.7 7.82 14,049 40.3 2.641Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work.2Individuals may have worked at more than one location.3"Working at home" includes any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home.4Includes workers whose hours vary.5Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.6Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.7Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 7. Employed persons working on main job**1**at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by class of worker, occupation, and earnings, 2009 annual averages** (Numbers in thousands)CharacteristicTotalemployedEmployed persons who worked onan average dayEmployed persons who worked attheir workplace on an average day2Employed persons who worked athome on an average day2, 3NumberPercent ofemployedAveragehours ofworkNumberPercent ofthose whoworkedAveragehours ofwork atworkplaceNumberPercent ofthose whoworkedAveragehours ofwork athome**Class of worker (main job only)**Wage and salary workers ......................................... 137,890 92,192 66.9 7.48 80,442 87.3 7.79 18,022 19.5 2.62Self-employed workers4........................................... 10,753 7,198 66.9 6.46 3,533 49.1 6.72 4,324 60.1 4.66**Occupation (main job only)**Management, business, and financial operations .... 22,801 16,656 73.1 7.69 12,925 77.6 8.23 5,918 35.5 3.14Professional and related ........................................... 34,308 23,634 68.9 7.14 18,214 77.1 7.63 9,054 38.3 2.80Services .................................................................... 25,460 15,240 59.9 6.94 13,293 87.2 7.11 2,082 13.7 3.96Sales and related ...................................................... 15,716 11,245 71.6 7.18 9,389 83.5 7.42 2,436 21.7 3.12Office and administrative support ............................. 19,196 12,117 63.1 7.18 11,057 91.2 7.47 1,091 9.0 2.83Farming, fishing, and forestry ................................... 1,346 763 56.76( ) 600 78.76( ) 153 20.06( )Construction and extraction ...................................... 6,863 4,526 65.9 7.80 4,078 90.1 8.35 518 11.46( )Installation, maintenance, and repair ........................ 5,454 3,552 65.1 8.26 3,252 91.5 8.42 425 12.06( )Production ................................................................ 8,981 5,864 65.3 8.37 5,611 95.7 8.49 302 5.26( )Transportation and material moving ......................... 8,595 5,827 67.8 7.90 5,575 95.7 7.91 382 6.66( )**Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)** 50 - $510c..................................................................c23,227c15,040c64.8c7.82c14,348 95.4c7.85 1,209c8.06( )$511 - $780c............................................................c22,789c16,514c72.5 8.16c15,281c92.5c8.38 1,658c10.0c2.52$781 - $1,190c.........................................................c23,080c15,619c67.7c7.98c13,897 89.0c8.37c2,989c19.1c2.24$1,191 and higherc..................................................c23,274c17,272 74.2 8.05c13,825c80.0c8.50c6,031c34.9c3.031Includes work at main job only and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work.2Individuals may have worked at more than one location.3"Working at home" includes any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home.4Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salaryworkers.5These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage andsalary workers who held only one job.6Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million.ccorrectedNOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.**Table 8. Time spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population 18 years and over by employment status, presence and age of youngest household child, and sex, 2009 annual averages** **Total**ActivityAverage hours per day spent in primary activitiesYoungest household child under 6Youngest household child 6-17No household children under 18TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotal, all activities2......................................................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00Personal care activities ................................................. 9.19 9.02 9.33 9.30 9.09 9.48 9.48 9.25 9.71Sleeping ..................................................................... 8.51 8.41 8.59 8.56 8.45 8.66 8.68 8.61 8.74Eating and drinking ....................................................... 1.16 1.21 1.12 1.15 1.20 1.11 1.28 1.31 1.26Household activities ...................................................... 1.80 1.18 2.28 1.83 1.23 2.39 1.91 1.49 2.33Housework ................................................................. .65 .28 .94 .69 .26 1.09 .60 .26 .92Food preparation and cleanup ................................... .70 .33 .99 .61 .32 .88 .52 .29 .73Lawn and garden care ............................................... .12 .17 .09 .16 .23 .09 .24 .34 .16Household management ........................................... .12 .11 .14 .10 .08 .12 .16 .13 .18Purchasing goods and services .................................... .73 .62 .81 .73 .57 .88 .80 .69 .92Consumer goods purchases ...................................... .36 .31 .41 .38 .28 .47 .39 .31 .47Professional and personal care services ................... .10 .06 .13 .05 .04 .06 .10 .07 .12Caring for and helping household members ................. 2.13 1.50 2.63 .85 .59 1.09 .05 .05 .05Caring for and helping household children ................ 1.92 1.36 2.35 .63 .41 .83 – – –Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ........... .12 .13 .12 .17 .16 .19 .24 .22 .26Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............. .06 .07 .06 .07 .08 .07 .08 .09 .06Working and work-related activities........................... 4.03 5.42 2.94 4.33 5.14 3.59 3.43 4.06 2.81Working................................................................... 3.64 4.90 2.66 3.92 4.61 3.27 3.08 3.63 2.54Educational activities .................................................... .17 .14 .20 .38 .35 .40 .24 .21 .27Attending class .......................................................... .05 .04 .06 .18 .16 .20 .09 .08 .10Homework and research ........................................... .10 .08 .12 .16 .17 .15 .12 .11 .13Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................ .25 .23 .27 .38 .41 .35 .35 .30 .39Religious and spiritual activities ................................. .12 .11 .14 .16 .16 .16 .15 .11 .18Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ....... .09 .09 .10 .17 .20 .14 .16 .15 .17Leisure and sports ........................................................ 4.02 4.23 3.86 4.48 4.89 4.10 5.77 6.06 5.48Socializing and communicating ................................. .70 .59 .78 .70 .64 .75 .68 .61 .75Watching television .................................................... 2.26 2.47 2.09 2.36 2.65 2.09 3.18 3.48 2.88Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........ .21 .28 .15 .30 .42 .19 .29 .38 .21Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................. .13 .09 .16 .15 .11 .19 .22 .15 .28Other activities, not elsewhere classified ...................... .27 .23 .29 .25 .26 .24 .23 .22 .24See footnotes at end of table.**Table 8. Time spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population 18 years and over by employment status, presence and age of youngest household child, and sex, 2009 annual averages — Continued** **Employed**ActivityAverage hours per day spent in primary activitiesYoungest household child under 6Youngest household child 6-17No household children under 18TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotal, all activities2......................................................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00Personal care activities ................................................. 8.95 8.80 9.11 9.09 8.89 9.30 9.19 8.94 9.48Sleeping ..................................................................... 8.27 8.20 8.35 8.34 8.22 8.46 8.38 8.30 8.48Eating and drinking ....................................................... 1.17 1.22 1.11 1.17 1.22 1.11 1.25 1.28 1.22Household activities ...................................................... 1.43 1.09 1.82 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.51 1.22 1.84Housework ................................................................. .45 .23 .70 .57 .26 .92 .46 .22 .75Food preparation and cleanup ................................... .55 .30 .82 .54 .31 .79 .38 .24 .54Lawn and garden care ............................................... .13 .16 .08 .16 .22 .09 .18 .26 .10Household management ........................................... .11 .11 .11 .10 .08 .12 .13 .10 .16Purchasing goods and services .................................... .69 .64 .75 .70 .56 .84 .73 .63 .84Consumer goods purchases ...................................... .33 .30 .36 .36 .27 .45 .36 .29 .44Professional and personal care services ................... .09 .07 .11 .05 .04 .06 .07 .05 .09Caring for and helping household members ................. 1.86 1.44 2.33 .75 .56 .96 .03 .04 .03Caring for and helping household children ................ 1.66 1.31 2.07 .56 .41 .71 – – –Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ........... .11 .12 .11 .16 .14 .17 .22 .20 .24Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............. .06 .06 .05 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .06Working and work-related activities........................... 5.58 6.23 4.84 5.66 6.26 5.02 5.67 6.25 5.02Working................................................................... 5.11 5.66 4.48 5.17 5.66 4.64 5.19 5.70 4.61Educational activities .................................................... .11 .08 .14 .24 .21 .27 .26 .19 .33Attending class .......................................................... .03 .02 .03 .10 .07 .13 .10 .07 .13Homework and research ........................................... .07 .05 .09 .12 .13 .11 .13 .10 .15Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................ .23 .24 .23 .33 .36 .29 .27 .26 .28Religious and spiritual activities ................................. .11 .11 .11 .13 .12 .15 .11 .09 .13Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ....... .09 .10 .08 .15 .19 .11 .12 .13 .11Leisure and sports ........................................................ 3.54 3.84 3.19 3.97 4.31 3.60 4.54 4.73 4.32Socializing and communicating ................................. .59 .56 .62 .58 .52 .65 .62 .56 .69Watching television .................................................... 1.96 2.17 1.72 2.08 2.34 1.80 2.38 2.56 2.18Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........ .19 .25 .12 .30 .40 .20 .29 .35 .21Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................. .10 .08 .12 .12 .10 .14 .16 .11 .22Other activities, not elsewhere classified ...................... .23 .22 .24 .20 .20 .20 .17 .16 .17See footnotes at end of table.**Table 8. Time spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population 18 years and over by employment status, presence and age of youngest household child, and sex, 2009 annual averages — Continued** **Not employed**ActivityAverage hours per day spent in primary activitiesYoungest household child under 6Youngest household child 6-17No household children under 18TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotal, all activities2......................................................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00Personal care activities ................................................. 9.81 10.43 9.65 9.93 9.96 9.91 9.90 9.79 9.99Sleeping ..................................................................... 9.11 9.74 8.94 9.24 9.43 9.13 9.10 9.16 9.05Eating and drinking ....................................................... 1.13 1.17 1.13 1.11 1.09 1.11 1.33 1.37 1.30Household activities ...................................................... 2.69 1.71 2.94 2.46 1.42 3.07 2.49 1.95 2.93Housework ................................................................. 1.15 .61 1.29 1.06 .30 1.51 .79 .34 1.14Food preparation and cleanup ................................... 1.07 .49 1.22 .83 .40 1.09 .71 .38 .97Lawn and garden care ............................................... .12 .21 .09 .16 .28 .09 .33 .47 .22Household management ........................................... .16 .07 .18 .11 .11 .12 .19 .18 .21Purchasing goods and services .................................... .82 .55 .90 .83 .62 .96 .91 .78 1.02Consumer goods purchases ...................................... .44 .34 .47 .45 .34 .52 .43 .33 .51Professional and personal care services ................... .13 .01 .16 .07 .05 .08 .14 .12 .16Caring for and helping household members ................. 2.82 1.88 3.06 1.14 .71 1.39 .07 .07 .07Caring for and helping household children ................ 2.54 1.71 2.76 .86 .44 1.10 – – –Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ........... .14 .18 .13 .23 .23 .23 .26 .24 .28Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............. .08 .12 .07 .08 .10 .08 .09 .11 .07Working and work-related activities3........................... .20 .22 .19 .26 .33 .22 .20 .31 .10Working3................................................................... .03 .01 .03 .07 .09 .06 .04 .07 .02Educational activities .................................................... .33 .52 .28 .80 .95 .71 .21 .23 .20Attending class .......................................................... .11 .21 .09 .41 .52 .35 .08 .10 .06Homework and research ........................................... .19 .26 .17 .30 .38 .25 .11 .12 .10Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................ .29 .16 .32 .54 .64 .47 .46 .38 .53Religious and spiritual activities ................................. .15 .08 .17 .25 .34 .20 .20 .15 .24Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ....... .10 .07 .11 .24 .25 .23 .21 .18 .24Leisure and sports ........................................................ 5.22 6.75 4.82 6.04 7.36 5.27 7.54 8.34 6.90Socializing and communicating ................................. .98 .80 1.02 1.05 1.18 .98 .77 .70 .83Watching television .................................................... 2.99 4.34 2.63 3.22 3.97 2.78 4.32 5.06 3.74Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........ .25 .51 .18 .30 .49 .19 .30 .42 .21Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................. .19 .11 .20 .26 .16 .32 .30 .22 .37Other activities, not elsewhere classified ...................... .36 .31 .37 .41 .51 .34 .33 .33 .321A primary activity refers to an individual’s main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.2All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.3Estimates include a small amount of work time done by persons who do not meet the ATUS definition for employed.– Not applicable.**Table 9. Time spent caring for household children under 18 by sex of adult**1**and age of youngest child by day of week, average for the combined years 2005-09** Childcare activitiesAverage hours per day spent caring for household childrenTotalWeekdaysWeekends and holidays2TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenPersons in households with children under 18, total:Caring for household children as a primary activity ................................ 1.33 0.86 1.73 1.42 0.84 1.91 1.13 0.90 1.31Physical care ........................................................................................ .45 .24 .63 .48 .25 .67 .39 .24 .52Education-related activities ................................................................... .10 .06 .13 .13 .07 .17 .03 .02 .04Reading to/with children ....................................................................... .04 .02 .05 .04 .02 .05 .03 .02 .04Talking to/with children ......................................................................... .05 .03 .07 .06 .03 .08 .04 .02 .05Playing/doing hobbies with children ..................................................... .27 .25 .30 .26 .22 .29 .31 .31 .31Looking after children ........................................................................... .08 .06 .09 .07 .05 .09 .09 .08 .10Attending children’s events ................................................................... .06 .05 .07 .05 .04 .06 .08 .07 .08Travel related to care of household children ........................................ .17 .11 .23 .21 .12 .28 .09 .08 .10Other childcare activities ...................................................................... .11 .05 .17 .14 .06 .20 .06 .05 .08Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 17 years:Caring for household children as a primary activity ............................ .79 .51 1.03 .87 .52 1.18 .58 .48 .67Physical care .................................................................................... .15 .08 .21 .17 .09 .25 .09 .06 .13Education-related activities ............................................................... .12 .07 .16 .15 .09 .20 .04 .03 .05Reading to/with children ................................................................... .02 .01 .02 .02 .01 .03 .01 .01 .02Talking to/with children ..................................................................... .07 .03 .09 .07 .04 .11 .05 .03 .06Playing/doing hobbies with children ................................................. .06 .08 .05 .06 .07 .04 .08 .08 .08Looking after children ....................................................................... .04 .03 .06 .04 .02 .05 .06 .05 .06Attending children’s events ............................................................... .08 .06 .09 .06 .04 .08 .11 .10 .12Travel related to care of household children .................................... .16 .10 .21 .19 .11 .26 .09 .08 .10Other childcare activities .................................................................. .09 .05 .13 .11 .05 .16 .05 .04 .06Persons in households with youngest child under 6:Caring for household children as a primary activity ............................ 1.98 1.30 2.54 2.08 1.25 2.75 1.76 1.42 2.03Physical care .................................................................................... .81 .45 1.10 .84 .44 1.16 .74 .47 .96Education-related activities ............................................................... .08 .05 .10 .10 .06 .13 .02 .01 .03Reading to/with children ................................................................... .06 .04 .08 .07 .04 .08 .05 .04 .07Talking to/with children ..................................................................... .03 .02 .05 .04 .02 .05 .02 .01 .03Playing/doing hobbies with children ................................................. .52 .45 .58 .50 .39 .58 .58 .59 .57Looking after children ....................................................................... .11 .09 .13 .11 .07 .13 .13 .13 .14Attending children’s events ............................................................... .04 .03 .05 .04 .02 .05 .05 .05 .04Travel related to care of household children .................................... .19 .11 .25 .23 .13 .31 .09 .07 .10Other childcare activities .................................................................. .14 .06 .20 .17 .07 .25 .08 .05 .101Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 18, whether or not they provided childcare.2Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about Thanksgiving Day in 2005;New Year’s Day in 2007; and Christmas Day in 2008.**Table 10. Time spent providing secondary childcare for household children under 13 by sex of adult**1**and age of youngest child by day of week, average for the combined years 2005-09** Childcare activities2Average hours per day spent caring for household children3TotalWeekdaysWeekends and holidays4TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenPersons in households with children under 13, total .............................................. 5.31 4.17 6.26 4.33 3.01 5.42 7.58 6.84 8.21Caring for household children as a secondary activity in conjunction with:Personal care activities ..................................................................................... .27 .18 .35 .24 .15 .31 .34 .23 .43Household activities .......................................................................................... 1.25 .71 1.70 1.06 .49 1.54 1.68 1.21 2.08Purchasing goods and services ........................................................................ .38 .26 .49 .29 .16 .40 .59 .49 .68Working and work-related activities .................................................................. .20 .17 .22 .22 .17 .26 .14 .17 .12Eating and drinking ........................................................................................... .66 .58 .72 .54 .44 .62 .93 .89 .96Leisure and sports ............................................................................................ 2.12 1.98 2.24 1.64 1.40 1.84 3.24 3.31 3.19Other activities .................................................................................................. .43 .29 .54 .32 .18 .44 .66 .53 .76Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 12, total ................................. 4.83 3.97 5.58 3.74 2.78 4.55 7.40 6.69 8.02Caring for household children as a secondary activity in conjunction with:Personal care activities ................................................................................. .25 .16 .32 .21 .14 .27 .33 .22 .42Household activities ...................................................................................... 1.12 .70 1.48 .86 .43 1.23 1.72 1.32 2.08Purchasing goods and services .................................................................... .29 .20 .37 .20 .11 .29 .50 .40 .59Working and work-related activities .............................................................. .20 .19 .21 .21 .19 .24 .16 .19 .13Eating and drinking ....................................................................................... .57 .51 .62 .45 .37 .52 .84 .82 .86Leisure and sports ........................................................................................ 2.00 1.91 2.08 1.51 1.36 1.65 3.14 3.17 3.12Other activities .............................................................................................. .41 .30 .50 .28 .19 .36 .70 .57 .82Persons in households with youngest child under 6, total ................................ 5.64 4.31 6.72 4.74 3.17 6.02 7.72 6.95 8.34Caring for household children as a secondary activity in conjunction with:Personal care activities ................................................................................. .29 .19 .37 .26 .17 .34 .34 .24 .43Household activities ...................................................................................... 1.34 .71 1.85 1.21 .53 1.76 1.66 1.14 2.08Purchasing goods and services .................................................................... .45 .30 .56 .35 .20 .48 .66 .55 .75Working and work-related activities .............................................................. .20 .17 .23 .23 .17 .28 .13 .16 .11Eating and drinking ....................................................................................... .72 .63 .79 .61 .49 .70 .99 .95 1.02Leisure and sports ........................................................................................ 2.21 2.03 2.35 1.73 1.44 1.97 3.31 3.40 3.24Other activities .............................................................................................. .44 .28 .56 .35 .18 .49 .63 .51 .731Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 13, whether or not they provided childcare.2All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.3Secondary childcare time is defined as time one has a child under 13 "in his or her care" while doing something else as a mainactivity; information on secondarychildcare is not collected for children over 12 years. Estimates include a small amount of care provided to own, nonhouseholdchildren.4Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected aboutThanksgiving Day in 2005; New Year’s Day in 2007; and Christmas Day in 2008.**Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2009 annual ave rages** CharacteristicAverage hours per day spent in leisure and sports activitiesTotal, all leisure andsports activitiesParticipating insports,exercise, andrecreationSocializing andcommunicatingWatching TVReadingRelaxing/thinkingPlaying gamesand computeruse for leisureOther leisureand sportsactivities,includingtravel1Total,alldaysWeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2**Sex**Men ....................................................... 5.59 4.95 7.09 0.39 0.45 0.47 0.98 2.80 3.81 0.26 0.28 0.24 0.28 0.41 0.58 0.39 0.71Women ................................................. 4.93 4.48 5.99 .20 .24 .57 1.22 2.43 2.87 .41 .45 .24 .27 .32 .33 .31 .62**Age**Total, 15 years and over ....................... 5.25 4.71 6.53 .29 .34 .52 1.10 2.61 3.32 .33 .37 .24 .28 .36 .45 .35 .6615 to 19 years .................................... 5.75 5.36 6.67 .68 .64 .73 1.26 2.19 2.62 .17 .09 .13 .11 .84 1.02 .63 .9120 to 24 years .................................... 4.94 4.32 6.43 .32 .48 .57 1.29 2.28 2.86 .19 .15 .19 .22 .40 .52 .38 .9225 to 34 years .................................... 4.57 3.83 6.37 .25 .40 .50 1.27 2.06 3.16 .17 .15 .18 .17 .35 .51 .32 .7035 to 44 years .................................... 4.27 3.64 5.77 .24 .30 .46 1.03 2.13 2.91 .16 .24 .14 .22 .23 .45 .28 .6245 to 54 years .................................... 4.83 4.21 6.21 .24 .35 .50 1.10 2.43 3.24 .26 .35 .21 .26 .25 .28 .32 .6355 to 64 years .................................... 5.44 4.91 6.71 .23 .23 .45 .99 3.03 3.69 .43 .57 .24 .35 .29 .31 .24 .5865 to 74 years .................................... 6.77 6.53 7.35 .35 .21 .59 1.01 3.58 4.17 .71 .68 .44 .45 .41 .31 .45 .5475 years and over .............................. 7.76 7.62 8.08 .24 .17 .56 .81 4.38 4.52 1.03 1.03 .64 .63 .42 .44 .35 .48**Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity** White .................................................... 5.17 4.61 6.52 .29 .36 .52 1.13 2.51 3.23 .37 .41 .22 .26 .34 .45 .35 .68Black or African American .................... 5.99 5.61 6.92 .29 .18 .62 1.04 3.48 4.13 .14 .14 .38 .43 .39 .39 .31 .62Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................... 4.70 4.14 6.03 .24 .28 .53 1.38 2.52 3.18 .13 .10 .22 .24 .19 .25 .32 .61**Employment status**Employed .............................................. 4.24 3.50 5.98 .25 .37 .41 1.08 1.92 2.93 .22 .30 .19 .22 .22 .40 .30 .68Full-time workers ............................... 4.08 3.26 6.00 .22 .37 .37 1.08 1.85 2.98 .20 .28 .18 .21 .18 .40 .26 .67Part-time workers .............................. 4.80 4.31 5.91 .34 .37 .54 1.08 2.18 2.77 .28 .34 .20 .24 .35 .41 .42 .70Not employed ....................................... 6.89 6.67 7.43 .37 .29 .71 1.14 3.73 3.97 .52 .49 .33 .37 .59 .53 .43 .64**Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers** **(single jobholders only)**30 - $510c..............................................c4.45c3.74c5.99 .16c.31c.36 1.14 2.28c3.27 .14 .18 .28 .22c.20 .39 .34c.47$511 - $780c........................................ 4.22c3.41c6.36c.19c.28c.36 1.06c1.97c3.36 .22c.23c.22c.24 .21c.46 .24c.74$781 - $1,190c.....................................c4.22c3.32c6.27 .25 .34c.43 1.12c1.95c3.11 .20c.27c.11c.25 .18c.42c.19c.76$1,191 and higherc..............................c3.94c3.03 6.09 .27c.46c.36c.98 1.54c2.77 .25 .46 .16c.15 .15c.51 .30c.76See footnotes at end of table.**Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2009 annual ave rages —** **Continued**CharacteristicAverage hours per day spent in leisure and sports activitiesTotal, all leisure andsports activitiesParticipating insports,exercise, andrecreationSocializing andcommunicatingWatching TVReadingRelaxing/thinkingPlaying gamesand computeruse for leisureOther leisureand sportsactivities,includingtravel1Total,alldaysWeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2WeekdaysWeekendsandholidays2**Presence and age of children**No household children under 18 ........... 5.78 5.26 7.01 0.31 0.32 0.54 1.04 2.91 3.69 0.42 0.48 0.29 0.33 0.42 0.49 0.38 0.66Household children under 18 ................ 4.40 3.82 5.77 .27 .37 .50 1.20 2.13 2.74 .19 .19 .16 .20 .26 .39 .29 .67Children 13 to 17 years, noneyounger ........................................... 4.92 4.26 6.31 .35 .41 .57 1.26 2.23 2.89 .26 .30 .18 .24 .31 .48 .37 .74Children 6 to 12 years, none younger 4.41 3.84 5.77 .34 .43 .47 1.11 2.10 2.67 .19 .20 .14 .19 .30 .45 .31 .72Youngest child under 6 years ............ 4.11 3.56 5.44 .18 .30 .50 1.24 2.10 2.71 .15 .13 .18 .19 .21 .29 .24 .58**Marital status and sex**Married, spouse present ....................... 4.83 4.24 6.20 .26 .30 .47 1.08 2.41 3.18 .35 .41 .23 .27 .25 .37 .28 .59Men .................................................... 5.20 4.49 6.81 .33 .39 .41 .95 2.68 3.77 .30 .34 .25 .31 .25 .41 .28 .65Women .............................................. 4.46 4.00 5.56 .20 .21 .54 1.21 2.14 2.58 .39 .48 .20 .23 .25 .32 .27 .53Other marital statuses .......................... 5.73 5.23 6.91 .33 .39 .58 1.13 2.84 3.48 .32 .32 .25 .28 .49 .55 .42 .74Men .................................................... 6.06 5.50 7.45 .47 .54 .55 1.03 2.94 3.85 .21 .22 .23 .24 .60 .80 .51 .77Women .............................................. 5.43 5.00 6.45 .21 .27 .61 1.23 2.75 3.16 .42 .41 .28 .32 .39 .34 .35 .72**Educational attainment, 25 years and over** Less than a high school diploma .......... 6.53 6.20 7.23 .21 .16 .58 1.19 4.16 4.40 .23 .21 .54 .66 .23 .21 .25 .41High school graduates, no college4..... 5.79 5.32 6.91 .24 .24 .49 1.10 3.25 3.94 .39 .32 .31 .37 .32 .34 .31 .60Some college or associate degree ....... 4.95 4.33 6.38 .23 .30 .51 .99 2.37 3.32 .34 .47 .22 .20 .35 .49 .31 .61Bachelor’s degree and higher5............ 4.41 3.76 5.95 .30 .41 .47 1.05 1.85 2.67 .41 .56 .12 .17 .28 .41 .34 .691Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities.2Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.3These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage andsalary workers who held one job only.4Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.5Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.ccorrectedNOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be ofany race.**Table 12. Average hours per day spent in primary activities**1**for the civilian population, 2009 quarterly and annual averages**(Not seasonally adjusted)Activity2009Quarterly averagesAnnualaverageIIIIIIIVTotal, all activities2........................................................................................................... 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00Personal care activities ................................................................................................... 9.379.499.559.389.45Sleeping ....................................................................................................................... 8.618.688.788.618.67Eating and drinking ......................................................................................................... 1.211.211.251.221.22Household activities ........................................................................................................ 1.751.811.851.791.80Housework ................................................................................................................... .66.55.59.60.60Food preparation and cleanup ..................................................................................... .51.50.57.58.54Lawn and garden care ................................................................................................. .09.33.25.13.20Household management ............................................................................................. .16.13.12.12.13Purchasing goods and services ...................................................................................... .69.77.76.82.76Consumer purchases .................................................................................................. .35.36.38.42.38Professional and personal care services ..................................................................... .08.09.09.08.09Caring for and helping household members ................................................................... .57.54.52.53.54Caring for and helping household children .................................................................. .44.43.42.42.43Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ............................................................. .20.21.23.20.21Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ............................................................... .06.07.08.07.07Working and work-related activities ................................................................................ 3.693.593.423.443.53Working ....................................................................................................................... 3.333.223.073.093.18Educational activities ...................................................................................................... .58.37.29.62.46Attending class ............................................................................................................ .35.21.15.34.26Homework and research ............................................................................................. .18.13.11.22.16Organizational, civic, and religious activities .................................................................. .34.34.30.37.34Religious and spiritual activities ................................................................................... .16.16.12.14.15Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) ......................................................... .14.14.14.18.15Leisure and sports .......................................................................................................... 5.225.235.375.185.25Socializing and communicating ................................................................................... .64.72.71.72.70Watching television ...................................................................................................... 2.972.752.752.822.82Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation .......................................................... .25.32.39.27.31Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ................................................................................... .20.22.17.20.20Other activities, not elsewhere classified ........................................................................ .19.23.28.27.241A primary activity refers to an individual’s main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.2All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.