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 Average hours per day spent in selected activities by age, men, 2022 annual averages


Activity
	15 to 19 years
	20 to 24 years
	25 to 34 years
	35 to 44 years
	45 to 54 years
	55 to 64 years
	65 to 74 years
	75 years and overPersonal care, including sleep
	10.41
	9.86
	9.66
	9.23
	9.33
	9.19
	9.45
	9.93Eating and drinking
	1.13
	1.27
	1.22
	1.24
	1.15
	1.25
	1.34
	1.49Household activities
	0.67
	0.71
	1.31
	1.43
	1.49
	1.85
	2.23
	2.08Purchasing goods and services
	0.27
	0.40
	0.50
	0.57
	0.64
	0.83
	0.73
	0.69Caring for and helping household members
	0.09
	0.07
	0.39
	0.83
	0.37
	0.16
	0.07
	0.07Caring for and helping nonhousehold members
	0.03
	(1)-
	0.13
	0.14
	0.10
	0.17
	0.25
	0.14Working and work-related activities
	1.37
	4.05
	5.59
	5.38
	6.04
	4.56
	1.65
	0.54Educational activities
	3.01
	1.01
	0.19
	0.09
	(1)-
	(1)-
	0.05
	(2)-Organizational, civic, and religious activities
	0.20
	(1)-
	0.20
	0.12
	0.24
	0.20
	0.41
	0.42Leisure and sports
	6.51
	6.06
	4.53
	4.65
	4.27
	5.49
	7.47
	8.11Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail
	0.16
	0.19
	0.08
	0.09
	0.09
	0.10
	0.16
	0.20Other activities, not elsewhere classified
	0.14
	0.20
	0.19
	0.23
	0.18
	0.17
	0.20
	0.33Footnotes(1)Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.(2)Estimate is approximately zero.Note: Data refer to all days of the week.
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