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Activity | Average hours per day spent in primary activities(1) | Percent doing the activity on an average day | ||||||||
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Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | |||||||
Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | |
Total, all activities | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Personal care activities | 9.18 | 9.22 | 9.61 | 8.71 | 9.89 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.9 |
Sleeping(3) | 8.36 | 8.52 | 8.94 | 8.11 | 9.27 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 99.9 |
Household activities | 1.87 | 2.69 | 3.81 | 1.23 | 2.32 | 88.9 | 94.3 | 96.4 | 68.6 | 80.7 |
Housework | 0.73 | 1.04 | 1.57 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 48.4 | 63.5 | 73.4 | 19.4 | 41.4 |
Food preparation and cleanup | 0.83 | 1.22 | 1.79 | 0.38 | 0.77 | 77.5 | 86.9 | 91.6 | 49.1 | 60.6 |
Lawn and garden care | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 14.8 |
Purchasing goods and services | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 49.1 | 52.9 | 51.6 | 38.7 | 42.3 |
Grocery shopping | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 17.1 | 22.0 | 24.8 | 8.9 | 18.9 |
Consumer goods purchases, except grocery shopping | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 35.4 | 37.9 | 33.9 | 31.0 | 25.4 |
Caring for and helping household members | 1.40 | 1.91 | 2.66 | 0.91 | 1.37 | 76.3 | 81.9 | 85.5 | 59.6 | 62.4 |
Caring for and helping household children | 1.37 | 1.89 | 2.63 | 0.88 | 1.33 | 74.5 | 81.0 | 84.8 | 58.1 | 59.0 |
Physical care | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.99 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 55.4 | 61.7 | 72.0 | 36.9 | 35.9 |
Education-related activities | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 11.3 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 6.8 | 13.3 |
Reading to/with children | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 11.3 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 7.9 | 6.0 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.60 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 16.6 | 22.0 | 30.2 | 18.6 | 18.0 |
Working and work-related activities(4) | 5.17 | 2.94 | 0.07 | 6.25 | 0.40 | 69.0 | 58.9 | 3.1 | 75.0 | 12.6 |
Working(4) | 5.16 | 2.90 | 0.02 | 6.22 | (5)- | 68.8 | 58.0 | 0.7 | 74.6 | 1.2 |
Leisure and sports | 2.89 | 3.30 | 3.87 | 3.48 | 6.32 | 91.1 | 94.4 | 95.3 | 94.2 | 97.5 |
Socializing and communicating | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.62 | 0.94 | 34.9 | 42.4 | 43.6 | 37.2 | 42.2 |
Watching television | 1.48 | 1.55 | 1.95 | 1.85 | 3.88 | 68.6 | 71.0 | 75.3 | 74.3 | 87.4 |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 17.1 | 21.4 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 20.2 |
Travel | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.14 | 1.44 | 1.10 | 93.5 | 93.5 | 82.6 | 93.7 | 77.5 |
Travel related to caring for and helping household children | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 42.4 | 48.5 | 44.0 | 25.2 | 30.8 |
Other activities, not elsewhere classified | 1.62 | 2.01 | 2.22 | 1.65 | 2.10 | 97.7 | 98.3 | 98.5 | 97.3 | 98.0 |
Footnotes | ||||||||||
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over. |
Activity | Average hours per day spent in primary activities(1) | Percent doing the activity on an average day | ||||||||
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Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | |||||||
Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | |
Total, all activities | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Personal care activities | 9.17 | 9.31 | 9.60 | 8.73 | 9.67 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sleeping(3) | 8.40 | 8.67 | 9.00 | 8.16 | 9.14 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Household activities | 1.74 | 2.45 | 3.56 | 1.20 | 2.22 | 88.2 | 92.6 | 96.8 | 69.0 | 79.9 |
Housework | 0.65 | 0.92 | 1.46 | 0.23 | 0.74 | 45.3 | 60.9 | 71.9 | 20.9 | 42.6 |
Food preparation and cleanup | 0.81 | 1.20 | 1.74 | 0.39 | 0.81 | 77.9 | 87.1 | 92.5 | 51.0 | 65.8 |
Lawn and garden care | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 11.6 |
Purchasing goods and services | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 45.1 | 48.8 | 47.2 | 37.6 | (4)- |
Grocery shopping | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 21.7 | 8.9 | 16.4 |
Consumer goods purchases, except grocery shopping | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 31.3 | 34.0 | 32.4 | 29.7 | 23.7 |
Caring for and helping household members | 2.29 | 2.95 | 3.48 | 1.36 | 2.33 | 93.4 | 94.1 | 94.0 | 75.5 | 82.1 |
Caring for and helping household children | 2.27 | 2.94 | 3.46 | 1.34 | 2.30 | 92.9 | 94.1 | 93.8 | 74.7 | 79.4 |
Physical care | 1.13 | 1.29 | 1.45 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 83.7 | 88.8 | 89.1 | 57.9 | (4)- |
Education-related activities | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 9.2 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 5.2 | 15.3 |
Reading to/with children | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 20.8 | 30.8 | 22.5 | 14.0 | 10.2 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children | 0.61 | 0.80 | 0.96 | 0.53 | 0.95 | 35.6 | 43.8 | 46.3 | 33.3 | (4)- |
Working and work-related activities(5) | 4.94 | 2.73 | 0.07 | 6.09 | 0.45 | 67.0 | 57.7 | 3.4 | 73.6 | 16.0 |
Working(5) | 4.92 | 2.68 | (6)- | 6.07 | (4)- | 66.9 | 57.2 | 0.5 | 73.2 | 0.6 |
Leisure and sports | 2.52 | 3.06 | 3.49 | 3.31 | 5.88 | 88.7 | 91.3 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 98.2 |
Socializing and communicating | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.87 | 35.3 | 40.1 | 41.3 | 37.8 | (4)- |
Watching television | 1.23 | 1.56 | 1.74 | 1.69 | 3.89 | 64.8 | 72.5 | 74.2 | 72.6 | 90.7 |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 15.6 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 17.6 |
Travel | 1.30 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.38 | 0.99 | 91.6 | 91.0 | 81.7 | 93.5 | 78.9 |
Travel related to caring for and helping household children | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 48.3 | 49.9 | 43.5 | 26.6 | 36.1 |
Other activities, not elsewhere classified | 1.62 | 1.87 | 2.17 | 1.64 | 2.04 | 97.3 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 97.4 | 96.8 |
Footnotes | ||||||||||
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over. |
Activity | Average hours per day spent in primary activities(1) | Percent doing the activity on an average day | ||||||||
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Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | Married mothers | Married fathers(2) | |||||||
Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | Employed full time | Employed part time | Not employed | Employed full time | Not employed | |
Total, all activities | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Personal care activities | 9.20 | 9.16 | 9.63 | 8.70 | 10.03 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.8 |
Sleeping(3) | 8.34 | 8.42 | 8.86 | 8.06 | 9.35 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 99.8 |
Household activities | 1.96 | 2.85 | 4.16 | 1.25 | 2.38 | 89.4 | 95.4 | 95.9 | 68.4 | 81.2 |
Housework | 0.78 | 1.12 | 1.72 | 0.22 | 0.53 | 50.6 | 65.2 | 75.5 | 18.3 | 40.6 |
Food preparation and cleanup | 0.85 | 1.24 | 1.86 | 0.36 | 0.75 | 77.2 | 86.7 | 90.3 | 47.5 | 57.4 |
Lawn and garden care | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 16.8 |
Purchasing goods and services | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 51.8 | 55.7 | 57.7 | 39.7 | 44.1 |
Grocery shopping | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 18.3 | 23.4 | 29.0 | 9.0 | 20.5 |
Consumer goods purchases, except grocery shopping | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 38.3 | 40.5 | 36.0 | 32.0 | 26.4 |
Caring for and helping household members | 0.78 | 1.22 | 1.53 | 0.54 | 0.77 | 64.3 | 73.7 | 73.8 | 46.6 | 50.0 |
Caring for and helping household children | 0.74 | 1.19 | 1.46 | 0.51 | 0.72 | 61.7 | 72.2 | 72.1 | 44.6 | 46.2 |
Physical care | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 35.7 | 43.7 | 48.2 | 19.8 | 18.2 |
Education-related activities | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 12.8 | 22.8 | 22.1 | 8.2 | 12.1 |
Reading to/with children | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | (4)- | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
Working and work-related activities(5) | 5.34 | 3.08 | 0.07 | 6.38 | (4)- | 70.3 | 59.6 | 2.8 | 76.1 | 10.4 |
Working(5) | 5.32 | 3.04 | (6)- | 6.35 | (4)- | 70.1 | 58.6 | 0.9 | 75.7 | 1.6 |
Leisure and sports | 3.14 | 3.45 | 4.41 | 3.62 | 6.59 | 92.9 | 96.5 | 96.0 | 94.6 | 97.0 |
Socializing and communicating | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 0.59 | 0.99 | 34.7 | 44.0 | 46.7 | 36.6 | 42.6 |
Watching television | 1.65 | 1.54 | 2.24 | 1.98 | 3.87 | 71.3 | 70.1 | 76.7 | 75.8 | 85.4 |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 18.1 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 21.8 |
Travel | 1.44 | 1.53 | 1.27 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 94.9 | 95.1 | 83.8 | 93.9 | 76.6 |
Travel related to caring for and helping household children | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 38.3 | 47.6 | 44.6 | 24.1 | 27.4 |
Other activities, not elsewhere classified | 1.61 | 2.10 | 2.31 | 1.66 | 2.15 | 97.9 | 98.1 | 98.2 | 97.2 | 98.8 |
Footnotes | ||||||||||
NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over. |
Last Modified Date: June 25, 2020