At Us

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AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY 2010 RESULTS

In 2010, 82 percent of employed persons worked on an average weekday, compared with 35 percent on
an average weekend day, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The American Time Use
Survey (ATUS) data include the average amount of time per day in 2010 that individuals worked, did
household activities, and engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the average
time per day spent providing childcareboth as a main activity and while doing other thingsfor the
combined years 2006-10 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 2010
Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked. More hours were
worked, on average, on weekdays than on weekend days7.9 hours compared with 5.5 hours.
(See table 4.)
On the days that they worked, employed men worked 41 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 women8.2 hours compared with 7.8 hours. (See table 4.)
Many more people worked on weekdays than on weekend days: 82 percent of employed persons
worked on an average weekday, compared with 35 percent on an average weekend day. These
estimates include individuals who worked on the day, regardless of whether they usually work
on those days. For example, the 35 percent of workers who worked on a weekend day includes
those whose jobs are typically performed on weekends, as well as those who usually work on
weekdays but spent time working on the weekend. (See table 4.)
On the days that they worked, 24 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at
home, and 83 percent did some or all of their work at their workplace. Men and women were
about equally likely to do some or all of their work at home. (See table 6.)
Multiple jobholders were more likely to work on an average weekend day than were single
jobholders51 percent compared with 34 percent. Multiple jobholders were nearly twice as
likely to work at home as were single jobholders39 percent compared with 22 percent. (See
tables 4 and 6.)
Self-employed workers were three times more likely than wage and salary workers to have done
some work at home on days worked64 percent compared with 19 percent. (See table 7.)
On the days that they worked, 36 percent of employed people age 25 and over with a bachelor's
degree or higher did some work at home, compared with only 10 percent of those with less than
a high school diploma. (See table 6.)
Household Activities in 2010
On an average day, 84 percent of women and 67 percent of men spent 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 2.1 hours. (See table 1.)
On an average day, 20 percent of men did houseworksuch as cleaning or doing laundry

compared with 49 percent of women. Forty-one percent of men did food preparation or cleanup,
compared with 68 percent of women. (See table 1.)
Leisure Activities in 2010
On an average day, nearly everyone age 15 and over engaged in some sort of leisure activity,
such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising. Of those who engaged in leisure activities, men
spent more time in these activities (5.8 hours) than did women (5.1 hours). (See table 1.)
Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time (2.7 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 social events, was the next most common
leisure activity, accounting for nearly three-quarters of an hour per day. (See table 1.)
Men were more likely than women to participate in sports, exercise, or recreation on any given
day22 percent compared with 16 percent. On the days that they participated, men also spent
more time in these activities than did women1.9 hours compared with 1.3 hours. (See table 1.)
On an average day, adults age 75 and over spent 7.7 hours engaged in leisure activitiesmore
than any other age group; 35- to 44-year-olds spent 4.2 hours engaged in leisure and sports
activitiesless than other age groups. (See table 11.)
Time spent reading for personal interest and playing games or using a computer for leisure
varied greatly by age. Individuals age 75 and over averaged 1.1 hours of reading per weekend
day and 18 minutes playing games or using a computer for leisure. Conversely, individuals ages
15 to 19 read for an average of 6 minutes per weekend day while spending 1.1 hours playing
games or using a computer for leisure. (See table 11.)
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Employed adults living in households with no children under 18 engaged in leisure activities for
4.5 hours per day, nearly an hour more than employed adults living with a child under age 6.
(See table 8.)
Care of Household Children (by Adults in Households with Children) for the period 2006-10
Adults living in households with children under 6 spent an average of 2.0 hours per day
providing primary childcare to household children. Adults living in households where the
youngest child was between the ages of 6 and 17 spent less than half as much time providing
primary childcare to household children47 minutes per day. Primary childcare is childcare that
is done as a main activity, such as physical care of children and reading to or talking 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 26 minutes 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 childcarethat is, they had at least one child in their care while doing
activities other than primary childcare. Secondary 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 average weekend day (1.8 hours). However, they
spent less time providing secondary childcare on weekdays than on weekend days4.6 hours
compared with 7.7 hours. (See tables 9 and 10.)
Additional Data
ATUS 2010 data files are available for users to do their own tabulations and analyses. In accordance
with BLS and Census Bureau policies that protect survey respondents' privacy, identifying information
was removed from the data files and some responses have been edited. The 2010 data files are available
on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/tus/data.htm.
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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 2010, approximately 13,200 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 nations 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 interviewthe "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 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 ones 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 prior 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 changed jobs between the last
CPS interview and the ATUS interview, information also is
collected on industry, occupation, 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 into 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 2010 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 provide a mechanism for seeing
the overall distribution of time 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 2010,
persons in the U.S. age 15 and over did work and workrelated activities for 3.5 hours, slept 8.7 hours, spent 5.2
hours doing leisure and sports activities, and spent 1.8
hours doing household activities. The remaining 4.8 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 9.1
hours doing work and work-related activities, 7.5 hours
sleeping, 2.9 hours doing leisure and sports activities, and
0.9 hour doing household activities. The remaining 3.6

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 42 percent of all persons age
15 years and over worked on an average day in 2010
because some were not employed and those who were
employed did not work every day. (See table 1.)
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 $540 or less. These dollar values
vary from year to year.
Employment status
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.
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, vacation, 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.
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.
Employed 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).
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 include any overtime pay,
commissions, or tips usually received. Usual
weekly earnings are only updated in ATUS for
about a third of employed respondentsif 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 information 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.
Employed. All persons who, at any time during

the 7 days prior to the interview:
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 month. 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 the 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 Years Day, Easter, Memorial
Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day. In 2010, the telephone call center was
closed the day after the Fourth of July, so data were not
collected about this holiday.
Major activity category definitions

The following definitions describe the activity
categories shown in this report. 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 spent 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 household 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, household services, and government
services. Consumer purchases include most purchases and
rentals of consumer goods, regardless of the mode or place
of purchase or rental (in person, via telephone, over the
Internet, at home, or in a store). Gasoline, grocery, other
food purchases, and all other shopping are further broken
out in subcategories.
Time spent obtaining, receiving, and purchasing
professional and personal care services 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 receiving the
service or waiting to receive the service.
Time spent arranging for and purchasing household
services provided by someone else 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 captures the time spent obtaining
government servicessuch 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 childrens
events; taking care of childrens 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 childs
presence during the activity is not enough in itself to
classify the activity as childcare. 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 classification 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 cooking 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 thoseeither
children (under age 18) or adultswho do not live with
them. When done for or through an organization, time
spent helping nonhousehold members 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
ones job, engaging in income-generating activities (not as
part of ones job), and job search activities. "Working"
includes hours spent doing the specific tasks required of
ones 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 ones 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 working 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 volunteering 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 watchingsports, 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 face-to-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 personal 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 associated 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 collected, 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 weighted 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 surveyed, estimates differ
from the true population values they represent. The
component of this difference that occurs because samples
differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its
variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate.
Sample estimates from a given survey design are unbiased

when an average of the estimates from all possible samples
would yield, hypothetically, the true population value. In
this case, the sample estimate and its standard error can be
used to construct approximate confidence intervals, or
ranges of values that include the true population value with
known probabilities. If the process of selecting a sample
from the population were repeated many times, an estimate
made from each sample, and a suitable estimate of its
standard error calculated for each sample, then
approximately 90 percent of the intervals from 1.645
standard errors below the estimate to 1.645 standard errors
above the estimate would include the true population value.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent
level of confidence.
The ATUS data also are affected by nonsampling
error, which is the average difference between population
and sample values for samples generated by a given
process. 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.
Estimates of average hours per day and participation
rates are not published unless there are a minimum number
of respondents representing the given population.
Additional publication criteria are applied that include the
number of respondents who reported doing a specified
activity and the standard error or coefficient of variation for
the estimate. Estimates that are considered close to zero
or that round to 0.00, are published as approximately zero
or ~0. For a detailed description of the statistical
reliability criteria necessary for publication, please contact
ATUS staff at ATUSinfo@bls.gov.
Table 1. Time spent in primary activities 1 and percent of the civilian population engaging in each activity, averages per day
by sex, 2010 annual averages
Activity
Average hours per day, civilian

population
Average percent engaged in the

activity per day
Average hours per day for persons

who engaged in the activity
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total, all activities 2 .........................................................
24.00
24.00
24.00
Personal care activities .................................................

Sleeping .....................................................................
Eating and drinking .......................................................
Household activities ......................................................
Housework .................................................................
Food preparation and cleanup ...................................
Lawn and garden care ...............................................
Household management ...........................................
Purchasing goods and services ....................................
Consumer goods purchases ......................................
Professional and personal care services ...................
Caring for and helping household members .................
Caring for and helping household children ................
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members ...........
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults .............
Working and work-related activities ..............................
Working .....................................................................
Educational activities ....................................................
Attending class ..........................................................
Homework and research ...........................................
Organizational, civic, and religious activities ................
Religious and spiritual activities .................................
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) .......
Leisure and sports ........................................................
Socializing and communicating .................................
Watching television ....................................................
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ........
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail .................................
Other activities, not elsewhere classified ......................
9.47
8.67
1.25
1.79
.57
.56
.21
.12
.75
.37
.08
.51
.40
.21
.08
3.50
3.14
.47
.28
.16
.35
.16
.15
5.18
.70
2.73
.31
.18
.35
9.25
8.56
1.29
1.42
.26
.32
.31
.10
.62
.30
.06
.33
.26
.19
.08
4.09
3.65
.47
.30
.13
.30
.13
.13
5.57
.68
2.94
.42
.13
.33
9.67
8.76
1.21
2.14
.87
.79
.12
.15
.86
.44
.10
.67
.54
.23
.08
2.94
2.66
.48
.26
.18
.40
.18
.18
4.82
.73
2.53
.20
.21
.36
99.9
99.9
95.9
75.5
34.7
54.8
9.9
17.7
43.9
39.8
8.1
25.0
21.3
12.3
8.0
44.7
42.0
8.4
5.6
5.9
14.8
9.2
7.0
95.8
37.0
79.4
18.5
23.0
18.8
99.9
99.9
96.1
66.8
20.0
41.3
12.3
14.0
40.2
36.6
6.2
19.6
16.3
11.3
7.7
50.1
46.8
7.8
5.8
5.3
11.9
7.3
5.7
96.1
34.4
80.4
21.5
18.0
18.1
100.0
99.9
95.7
83.7
48.5
67.5
7.6
21.3
47.4
42.9
9.8
30.1
26.0
13.3
8.3
39.6
37.4
9.0
5.5
6.5
17.6
11.0
8.2
95.4
39.5
78.4
15.6
27.8
19.6
9.48
8.68
1.30
2.38
1.65
1.02
2.14
.70
1.70
.94
.99
2.03
1.90
1.72
1.01
7.82
7.48
5.61
4.92
2.68
2.34
1.69
2.19
5.41
1.90
3.44
1.66
.76
1.84
9.26
8.58
1.34
2.13
1.30
.77
2.51
.71
1.55
.83
.97
1.70
1.57
1.73
1.08
8.15
7.79
5.96
5.20
2.53
2.49
1.84
2.23
5.79
1.97
3.66
1.93
.75
1.84
9.68
8.77
1.26
2.56
1.79
1.16
1.57
.69
1.81
1.03
1.00
2.24
2.09
1.72
.95
7.44
7.11
5.32
4.65
2.80
2.25
1.59
2.16
5.05
1.85
3.22
1.30
.77
1.85
A primary activity refers to an individuals main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.
All 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.
2
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, 2010 annual averages
Average percent
Average hours per day,
engaged in the activity
civilian population
per day
Average hours per day

for persons who
engaged in the activity
Activity
Weekdays
Weekends
Weekends
Weekends
and
and
and
Weekdays
Weekdays
holidays 2
holidays 2
holidays 2
24.00
24.00

Sleeping .....................................................................
Housework .................................................................
Working and work-related activities ..............................
Working .....................................................................
Attending class ..........................................................
9.20
8.38
1.20
1.68
.53
.54
.18
.12
.71
.32
.10
.54
.42
.20
.08
4.40
3.96
.60
.39
.16
.26
.09
.14
4.67
.55
2.52
.29
.18
.35
10.11
9.34
1.36
2.06
.67
.60
.28
.14
.82
.49
.03
.43
.36
.23
.09
1.33
1.18
.18
.02
.15
.56
.31
.18
6.40
1.07
3.23
.35
.16
.34
99.9
99.9
96.3
75.5
34.0
55.4
9.2
18.0
43.7
38.7
9.9
26.5
22.6
11.9
7.5
53.5
50.5
9.8
7.8
6.4
12.7
6.7
6.9
95.2
34.3
78.7
19.1
24.3
19.4
99.9
99.9
94.9
75.5
36.3
53.4
11.5
17.1
44.4
42.4
3.8
21.5
18.2
13.5
9.2
23.6
21.6
5.2
.5
4.7
19.9
15.3
7.2
97.1
43.4
81.0
17.0
20.0
17.5
9.21
8.39
1.24
2.23
1.57
.98
2.00
.64
1.63
.84
1.00
2.04
1.86
1.72
1.05
8.23
7.84
6.10
4.97
2.50
2.03
1.36
2.04
4.91
1.61
3.20
1.50
.75
1.80
10.12
9.35
1.43
2.73
1.84
1.13
2.40
.84
1.85
1.15
.92
2.01
2.00
1.72
.94
5.64
5.45
3.43
3.28
3.28
2.83
2.02
2.52
6.59
2.46
3.99
2.07
.80
1.96
Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In
2010, data were not collected for the Fourth of July.
3 All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions.
Not applicable.
2
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, 2010 annual averages
Average hours per day spent in primary activities 2
Caring for
Caring for
and
and
Purchasing
helping
Eating and Household
helping
goods and
nondrinking
activities
services household
household
members
members
Working
and work- Educationrelated
al activities
activities
Organizational,
civic, and
religious
activities
Other
Telephone activities,
Leisure
not
calls, mail,
and sports
and e-mail elsewhere
classified
Characteristic
Personal
care
activities
Total, 15 years and over .......................

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 over ...............................
9.47
10.34
9.79
9.38
9.13
9.02
9.37
9.67
10.11
1.25
1.00
1.16
1.24
1.19
1.22
1.30
1.42
1.52
1.79
.77
1.26
1.44
1.93
2.02
2.07
2.41
2.29
0.75
.51
.65
.70
.79
.74
.84
.94
.74
0.51
.14
.56
1.01
1.07
.38
.12
.11
.04
0.21
.18
.20
.17
.15
.27
.27
.31
.12
3.50
1.00
3.38
4.70
4.67
4.71
3.84
1.15
.23
0.47
3.40
.95
.26
.14
.10
.06
~0
~0
0.35
.27
.21
.27
.31
.37
.38
.52
.56
5.18
5.69
5.34
4.40
4.17
4.66
5.24
6.85
7.69
0.18
.28
.13
.13
.12
.16
.20
.23
.27
0.35
.42
.37
.30
.33
.36
.29
.37
.41
Men, 15 years and over .......................

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 over ...............................
9.25
10.25
9.64
8.98
8.92
8.80
9.21
9.63
9.87
1.29
.93
1.22
1.29
1.25
1.27
1.38
1.45
1.59
1.42
.69
1.01
1.08
1.47
1.64
1.68
2.04
1.85
.62
.45
.56
.61
.70
.55
.68
.74
.72
.33
.07
.13
.58
.79
.29
.11
.10
.03
.19
.17
.20
.18
.18
.21
.22
.26
.14
4.09
1.00
3.47
5.56
5.50
5.38
4.35
1.48
.33
.47
3.13
1.21
.26
.07
.03
.06
(5)
~0
.30
.28
.15
.24
.29
.35
.30
.43
.38
5.57
6.29
5.99
4.80
4.51
4.97
5.58
7.37
8.41
.13
.28
.11
.12
.08
.09
.15
.11
.26
.33
.46
.32
.29
.24
.41
.28
.35
.43
Women, 15 years and over .................

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 over ...............................
9.67
10.43
9.95
9.78
9.33
9.23
9.52
9.71
10.28
1.21
1.08
1.11
1.19
1.12
1.17
1.22
1.39
1.48
2.14
.86
1.51
1.80
2.38
2.40
2.43
2.72
2.59
.86
.57
.74
.80
.87
.92
1.00
1.10
.75
.67
.22
.98
1.43
1.35
.46
.13
.12
.05
.23
.18
.20
.16
.13
.34
.31
.35
.11
2.94
1.00
3.28
3.83
3.85
4.06
3.38
.87
.17
.48
3.67
.70
.27
.21
.16
.05
~0
~0
.40
.26
.27
.29
.34
.38
.46
.60
.68
4.82
5.08
4.69
3.99
3.85
4.35
4.93
6.41
7.20
.21
.27
.15
.14
.15
.22
.25
.33
.28
.36
.39
.43
.32
.42
.32
.31
.38
.40
White, 15 years and over .....................

Men .....................................................
Women ...............................................
9.39
9.20
9.59
1.29
1.32
1.25
1.86
1.47
2.24
.76
.62
.89
.51
.33
.67
.21
.19
.23
3.55
4.15
2.97
.45
.46
.44
.33
.27
.39
5.14
5.53
4.77
.16
.12
.21
.35
.33
.36
See 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, 2010 annual averages Continued
Average hours per day spent in primary activities 2
Characteristic
Personal
care
activities
Caring for
Caring for
and
and
Purchasing
helping
Eating and Household
helping
goods and
nondrinking
activities
services household
household
members
members
Working
and work- Educationrelated
al activities
activities
Organizational,
civic, and
religious
activities
Other
Telephone activities,
Leisure
not
calls, mail,
and sports
and e-mail elsewhere
classified
Black or African American, 15 years

and over ..............................................
Men .....................................................
Women ...............................................
9.95
9.58
10.26
0.93
.98
.88
1.38
1.12
1.60
0.72
.64
.79
0.46
.26
.63
0.23
.19
.27
3.05
3.65
2.57
0.56
.40
.69
0.51
.55
.49
5.61
6.09
5.21
0.25
.22
.28
0.33
.32
.34
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 15 years

and over ..............................................
Men .....................................................
Women ...............................................
9.74
9.54
9.96
1.23
1.29
1.17
1.77
1.12
2.46
.73
.65
.81
.71
.44
.99
.21
.21
.20
3.36
4.03
2.66
.59
.55
.64
.27
.24
.31
4.89
5.47
4.28
.12
.10
.14
.37
.36
.38
Marital status and sex:

Married, spouse present .....................
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
Other marital statuses ........................
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
9.23
9.06
9.40
9.73
9.49
9.95
1.34
1.38
1.30
1.15
1.18
1.12
2.12
1.63
2.61
1.44
1.18
1.67
.81
.66
.96
.68
.58
.76
.72
.52
.93
.27
.11
.41
.21
.18
.24
.21
.21
.22
3.83
4.57
3.09
3.13
3.51
2.80
.08
.05
.11
.90
.96
.85
.40
.35
.45
.30
.24
.34
4.76
5.16
4.36
5.64
6.04
5.28
.14
.10
.19
.21
.18
.24
.36
.34
.37
.34
.32
.35
Educational attainment, 25 years and

over:
Less than a high school diploma ........
High school graduates, no college 3 ...
Some college or associate degree .....
Bachelors degree and higher 4 ..........
9.92
9.49
9.30
9.03
1.13
1.22
1.24
1.42
2.15
2.12
1.90
1.77
.63
.77
.83
.80
.50
.41
.56
.67
.26
.24
.21
.19
2.40
3.40
3.79
4.63
.04
.05
.21
.13
.38
.32
.39
.40
6.08
5.53
5.02
4.41
.10
.14
.21
.19
.41
.30
.34
.35
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelors, masters, professional, and doctoral degrees.
5 Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey standard for quality and reliability.
~0 Estimate is approximately zero.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
2
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, 2010 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed persons who worked on
an average day
Characteristic
Total
employed
Number
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2

an average weekday
Number 3
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2

an average Saturday, Sunday, and
holiday 1
Number 4
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2
Full- and part-time status and sex

Total, 15 years and over 5 ........................................
Full-time workers ...................................................
Part-time workers ..................................................
Men 5 .......................................................................
Women 5 ..................................................................
147,746
113,036
34,701
77,569
64,043
13,526
70,178
48,993
21,175
100,837
81,985
18,851
54,551
47,201
7,351
46,285
34,785
11,501
68.2
72.5
54.3
70.3
73.7
54.3
66.0
71.0
54.3
7.50
8.00
5.37
7.82
8.17
5.53
7.14
7.75
5.27
120,718
99,587
21,178
64,585
57,004
7,667
56,118
42,579
13,530
81.7
88.1
61.0
83.3
89.0
56.7
80.0
86.9
63.9
7.86
8.39
5.43
8.19
8.56
5.51
7.49
8.16
5.38
52,356
39,318
13,060
29,583
23,156
6,506
22,835
16,178
6,664
35.4
34.8
37.6
38.1
36.2
48.1
32.5
33.0
31.5
5.48
5.59
5.16
5.80
5.86
5.59
5.08
5.21
4.76
Jobholding status
Single jobholders ......................................................
Multiple jobholders ....................................................
134,253
13,484
90,351
10,486
67.3
77.8
7.51
7.48
108,641
12,099
80.9
89.7
7.85
7.97
45,357
6,867
33.8
50.9
5.47
5.58
Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Less than a high school diploma ..............................
High school graduates, no college 6 .........................
Some college or associate degree ...........................
Bachelors degree and higher 7 ................................
10,054
36,218
31,814
49,407
6,639
24,311
21,792
36,323
66.0
67.1
68.5
73.5
7.74
7.75
7.64
7.40
8,120
29,059
26,646
43,699
80.8
80.2
83.8
88.4
7.82
8.01
7.88
8.01
3,211
12,805
10,157
18,304
31.9
35.4
31.9
37.0
7.29
6.33
6.15
3.86
Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In 2010, data were not collected for the Fourth of
July.
2
Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.
Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.
4 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
5 Includes workers whose hours vary.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.
3
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, 2010 annual averages
an average day
Characteristic
Total
employed
Number
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2

an average weekday
Number 3
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2

an average Saturday, Sunday, and
holiday 1
Number 4
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work 2
Class of worker (main job only)

Wage and salary workers .........................................
Self-employed workers 5 ...........................................
135,964
11,654
92,042
7,483
67.7
64.2
7.50
6.63
111,068
8,628
81.7
74.0
7.84
7.00
45,820
4,572
33.7
39.2
5.50
4.86
Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations ....
Professional and related ...........................................
Services ....................................................................
Sales and related ......................................................
Office and administrative support .............................
Farming, fishing, and forestry ...................................
Construction and extraction ......................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ........................
Production ................................................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
23,670
35,408
24,517
14,964
17,835
(7)
7,256
5,380
9,060
8,651
17,817
24,365
15,059
10,732
11,145
(7)
4,502
3,930
6,313
5,185
75.3
68.8
61.4
71.7
62.5
(7)
62.0
73.1
69.7
59.9
7.70
7.13
7.03
7.16
7.23
5.83
8.14
7.93
8.25
8.34
21,814
29,445
16,727
11,624
14,174
(7)
5,814
4,963
7,952
6,638
92.2
83.2
68.2
77.7
79.5
(7)
80.1
92.3
87.8
76.7
8.41
7.58
7.10
7.44
7.44
6.10
8.16
8.13
8.44
8.51
8,563
11,357
11,062
8,313
3,577
(7)
1,063
1,678
2,230
2,335
36.2
32.1
45.1
55.6
20.1
(7)
14.6
31.2
24.6
27.0
3.52
4.17
6.75
6.07
5.25
(7)
7.93
6.70
6.59
7.42
Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers

(single jobholders only) 6
0 - $540 ....................................................................
$541 - $810 ..............................................................
$811 - $1,230 ...........................................................
$1,231 and higher .....................................................
23,302
22,864
22,405
22,905
16,138
15,793
16,294
16,887
69.3
69.1
72.7
73.7
7.84
8.09
8.01
8.11
19,115
19,895
19,927
20,980
82.0
87.0
88.9
91.6
7.96
8.34
8.45
8.69
8,878
6,274
6,973
6,978
38.1
27.4
31.1
30.5
7.21
6.24
4.75
3.85
Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In 2010, data were not collected for the Fourth of
July.
2
Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work.
Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.
4 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
5 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary
workers.
6 These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
3
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, 2010 annual averages
an average day
Characteristic
Total
employed
Number
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work
Employed persons who worked at

their workplace on an average day 2
Number
Percent of
those who
worked
Average
hours of
work at
workplace

home on an average day 2, 3
Number
Percent of
those who
worked
Average
hours of
work at
home
Full- and part-time status and sex

Total, 15 years and over 4 ........................................
Men 4 .......................................................................
Women 4 ..................................................................
147,746
113,036
34,701
77,569
64,043
13,526
70,178
48,993
21,175
100,837
81,985
18,851
54,551
47,201
7,351
46,285
34,785
11,501
68.2
72.5
54.3
70.3
73.7
54.3
66.0
71.0
54.3
7.50
8.00
5.37
7.82
8.17
5.53
7.14
7.75
5.27
83,512
69,147
14,365
46,072
40,324
5,748
37,439
28,823
8,617
82.8
84.3
76.2
84.5
85.4
78.2
80.9
82.9
74.9
7.76
8.17
5.80
7.96
8.28
5.74
7.52
8.02
5.84
23,805
18,943
4,862
12,476
10,647
1,829
11,329
8,296
3,033
23.6
23.1
25.8
22.9
22.6
24.9
24.5
23.8
26.4
2.96
3.10
2.41
2.91
2.98
2.47
3.02
3.25
2.37
Jobholding status
Single jobholders ......................................................
Multiple jobholders ....................................................
134,253
13,484
90,351
10,486
67.3
77.8
7.51
7.48
75,312
8,200
83.4
78.2
7.78
7.60
19,725
4,081
21.8
38.9
2.97
2.93
Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Less than a high school diploma ..............................
High school graduates, no college 5 .........................
Some college or associate degree ...........................
Bachelors degree and higher 6 ................................
10,054
36,218
31,814
49,407
6,639
24,311
21,792
36,323
66.0
67.1
68.5
73.5
7.74
7.75
7.64
7.40
6,090
20,892
18,299
27,412
91.7
85.9
84.0
75.5
7.84
7.89
7.93
7.84
688
4,039
4,965
13,118
10.4
16.6
22.8
36.1
2.64
3.82
2.99
2.67
Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work.
Individuals 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.
4 Includes workers whose hours vary.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.
2
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, 2010 annual averages
an average day
Characteristic
Total
employed
Number
Percent of
employed
Average
hours of
work

their workplace on an average day 2
Number
Percent of
those who
worked
Average
hours of
work at
workplace

home on an average day 2, 3
Number
Percent of
those who
worked
Average
hours of
work at
home
Class of worker (main job only)

Wage and salary workers .........................................
Self-employed workers 4 ...........................................
135,964
11,654
92,042
7,483
67.7
64.2
7.50
6.63
78,978
3,609
85.8
48.2
7.75
7.24
17,449
4,807
19.0
64.2
2.68
3.91
Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations ....
Professional and related ...........................................
Services ....................................................................
Sales and related ......................................................
Office and administrative support .............................
Farming, fishing, and forestry ...................................
Construction and extraction ......................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ........................
Production ................................................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
23,670
35,408
24,517
14,964
17,835
(6)
7,256
5,380
9,060
8,651
17,817
24,365
15,059
10,732
11,145
(6)
4,502
3,930
6,313
5,185
75.3
68.8
61.4
71.7
62.5
(6)
62.0
73.1
69.7
59.9
7.70
7.13
7.03
7.16
7.23
5.83
8.14
7.93
8.25
8.34
13,721
18,378
12,997
8,560
10,196
(6)
4,098
3,586
6,058
4,602
77.0
75.4
86.3
79.8
91.5
(6)
91.0
91.2
96.0
88.7
8.15
7.77
7.18
7.34
7.41
6.16
8.13
8.01
8.27
8.11
5,870
8,028
2,255
2,857
1,177
(6)
520
498
401
535
32.9
32.9
15.0
26.6
10.6
(6)
11.6
12.7
6.3
10.3
3.32
2.58
3.09
3.22
3.04
(6)
(6)
2.09
3.24
3.48
Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers

0 - $540 ....................................................................
$541 - $810 ..............................................................
$811 - $1,230 ...........................................................
$1,231 and higher .....................................................
23,302
22,864
22,405
22,905
16,138
15,793
16,294
16,887
69.3
69.1
72.7
73.7
7.84
8.09
8.01
8.11
15,118
14,572
13,926
13,640
93.7
92.3
85.5
80.8
7.96
8.14
8.25
8.50
1,081
1,860
2,684
5,289
6.7
11.8
16.5
31.3
3.09
2.45
2.38
2.62
Includes work at main job only and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work.
Individuals 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.
4 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary
workers.
5 These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
2
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, 2010 annual averages
Total
Average hours per day spent in primary activities
Activity
Youngest household child under 6
Youngest household child 6-17
No household children under 18
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00

Sleeping .....................................................................
Housework .................................................................
Working and work-related activities ...........................
Working ...................................................................
Attending class ..........................................................
9.22
8.56
1.14
1.83
.67
.71
.11
.10
.79
.41
.07
1.97
1.74
.13
.06
4.01
3.60
.15
.06
.07
.27
.13
.10
4.04
.75
2.14
.24
.09
.36
8.89
8.32
1.20
1.30
.31
.35
.19
.11
.66
.32
.05
1.35
1.17
.12
.04
5.35
4.78
.12
(4)
.05
.28
.14
.10
4.38
.70
2.39
.34
.06
.29
9.49
8.76
1.08
2.28
.97
1.02
.05
.10
.89
.48
.08
2.50
2.22
.14
.07
2.89
2.62
.17
.06
.09
.27
.13
.10
3.75
.79
1.94
.14
.12
.42
9.29
8.52
1.20
1.94
.67
.63
.18
.12
.73
.39
.06
.80
.61
.17
.09
4.11
3.71
.32
.16
.13
.39
.16
.18
4.49
.67
2.33
.29
.14
.41
9.05
8.37
1.27
1.43
.26
.35
.29
.09
.55
.27
.05
.55
.41
.15
.09
4.98
4.48
.26
.15
.09
.39
.16
.17
4.87
.67
2.52
.41
.11
.38
9.50
8.64
1.14
2.40
1.04
.88
.09
.15
.89
.49
.07
1.03
.79
.19
.08
3.33
3.02
.37
.17
.16
.40
.16
.19
4.15
.67
2.15
.18
.16
.44
9.53
8.68
1.31
1.85
.55
.53
.26
.13
.76
.37
.09
.05
.25
.09
3.44
3.08
.26
.11
.13
.36
.16
.16
5.68
.70
3.07
.29
.20
.32
9.32
8.61
1.34
1.54
.26
.32
.37
.11
.65
.31
.07
.04
.23
.10
3.83
3.41
.29
.15
.13
.27
.13
.11
6.02
.68
3.27
.38
.14
.32
9.73
8.75
1.28
2.15
.84
.74
.16
.16
.87
.42
.12
.06
.28
.08
3.06
2.76
.23
.08
.13
.45
.20
.20
5.34
.72
2.87
.20
.25
.31
age of youngest household child, and sex, 2010 annual averages Continued
Employed
Activity
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00

Sleeping .....................................................................
Housework .................................................................
Working and work-related activities ...........................
Working ...................................................................
Attending class ..........................................................
9.01
8.32
1.15
1.42
.47
.52
.10
.11
.70
.36
.06
1.64
1.43
.10
.03
5.65
5.16
.09
.02
.05
.21
.10
.08
3.65
.67
1.91
.22
.08
.31
8.83
8.25
1.22
1.12
.24
.31
.16
.12
.60
.28
.05
1.26
1.12
.08
.03
6.37
5.77
.05
~0
.03
.24
.11
.10
3.91
.62
2.13
.28
.05
.27
9.23
8.41
1.08
1.77
.75
.78
.03
.09
.81
.45
.06
2.08
1.79
.11
.04
4.80
4.45
.13
.04
.08
.18
.09
.06
3.34
.72
1.66
.15
.11
.35
9.00
8.21
1.22
1.71
.52
.55
.17
.11
.71
.38
.05
.72
.53
.14
.06
5.67
5.19
.19
.09
.08
.36
.16
.16
3.80
.58
1.97
.26
.11
.37
8.76
8.06
1.30
1.29
.19
.31
.26
.10
.58
.28
.05
.56
.41
.12
.06
6.35
5.78
.16
.11
.04
.37
.18
.14
4.07
.57
2.11
.36
.10
.35
9.24
8.36
1.15
2.14
.87
.80
.08
.13
.86
.48
.05
.89
.66
.16
.06
4.96
4.57
.22
.08
.12
.35
.14
.17
3.52
.58
1.83
.16
.13
.38
9.15
8.30
1.32
1.46
.41
.40
.20
.12
.70
.35
.06
.04
.21
.08
5.70
5.21
.20
.09
.09
.27
.13
.12
4.54
.65
2.32
.27
.15
.27
8.97
8.25
1.36
1.26
.22
.27
.27
.10
.60
.30
.05
.03
.18
.07
5.98
5.45
.20
.12
.07
.23
.11
.09
4.81
.61
2.50
.33
.11
.28
9.34
8.36
1.26
1.68
.62
.54
.12
.14
.82
.41
.07
.05
.24
.09
5.39
4.95
.20
.07
.12
.33
.15
.14
4.24
.70
2.12
.21
.19
.25
age of youngest household child, and sex, 2010 annual averages Continued
Not employed
Activity
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00

Sleeping .....................................................................
Housework .................................................................
Working and work-related activities 3 ...........................
Working 3 ...................................................................
Attending class ..........................................................
9.69
9.11
1.10
2.79
1.12
1.16
.13
.10
1.00
.52
.11
2.75
2.48
.21
.10
.22
~0
.29
.13
.12
.40
.21
.14
4.92
.93
2.67
.27
.13
.50
9.16
8.65
1.13
2.17
.61
.54
.34
.06
1.00
.50
.08
1.75
1.43
(4)
.08
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
.43
(4)
4
( )
6.63
1.08
3.66
(4)
.10
.42
9.87
9.27
1.09
3.00
1.29
1.37
.06
.11
1.00
.53
.12
3.10
2.84
.18
.11
.16
(4)
.22
.08
.11
.39
.18
.16
4.33
.88
2.34
.14
.14
.52
10.02
9.28
1.16
2.52
1.04
.82
.20
.14
.79
.43
.07
1.01
.81
.25
.14
.27
.07
.64
.32
.24
.46
.17
.24
6.17
.90
3.20
.35
.19
.52
10.04
9.44
1.19
1.87
.48
.48
.37
.06
.49
.27
(4)
.53
.40
(4)
(4)
.38
(4)
.61
(4)
.26
(4)
.11
(4)
7.58
.99
3.91
.58
.13
.47
10.00
9.18
1.14
2.91
1.37
1.03
.11
.18
.97
.52
.09
1.30
1.05
.24
.12
.21
(4)
.66
.34
.23
.47
.20
.23
5.34
.84
2.78
.21
.22
.54
10.07
9.22
1.31
2.41
.75
.72
.36
.16
.84
.38
.14
.06
.32
.11
.19
.02
.35
.14
.18
.48
.22
.22
7.31
.76
4.15
.31
.26
.39
9.91
9.21
1.31
2.01
.32
.42
.53
.12
.74
.33
.10
.05
.31
.14
.26
~0
.45
.20
.23
.34
.16
.14
8.03
.79
4.56
.45
.20
.40
10.21
9.23
1.31
2.74
1.11
.98
.21
.19
.93
.43
.17
.07
.32
.08
.14
.01
.26
.09
.15
.60
.26
.28
6.71
.73
3.80
.18
.32
.39
3 Estimates include a small amount of work time done by persons who do not meet the ATUS definition for employed.
~0 Estimate is approximately zero.
Not applicable.
2
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 2006-10
Average hours per day spent caring for household children
Childcare activities
Total
Total
Men
Weekends and holidays 2
Weekdays
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Persons in households with children under 18, total:

Caring for household children as a primary activity ................................
Physical care ........................................................................................
Education-related activities ...................................................................
Reading to/with children .......................................................................
Talking to/with children .........................................................................
Playing/doing hobbies with children .....................................................
Looking after children ...........................................................................
Attending childrens events ...................................................................
Travel related to care of household children ........................................
Other childcare activities ......................................................................
1.33
.45
.10
.04
.05
.28
.07
.06
.17
.11
0.87
.24
.06
.02
.03
.25
.06
.05
.11
.06
1.72
.62
.13
.05
.07
.31
.09
.07
.22
.16
1.41
.47
.12
.04
.06
.27
.07
.05
.20
.13
0.85
.24
.07
.02
.03
.22
.04
.03
.12
.06
1.89
.67
.17
.05
.08
.30
.09
.06
.27
.19
1.13
.39
.03
.03
.03
.33
.09
.08
.09
.06
0.91
.23
.02
.02
.02
.33
.09
.07
.07
.04
1.32
.52
.04
.04
.04
.32
.10
.08
.10
.08
Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 17 years:

Caring for household children as a primary activity ............................
Physical care ....................................................................................
Education-related activities ...............................................................
Reading to/with children ...................................................................
Talking to/with children .....................................................................
Playing/doing hobbies with children .................................................
Looking after children .......................................................................
Attending childrens events ...............................................................
Travel related to care of household children ....................................
Other childcare activities ..................................................................
.78
.15
.11
.02
.06
.07
.04
.07
.16
.09
.52
.08
.07
.01
.03
.08
.03
.06
.10
.05
1.01
.21
.15
.02
.09
.06
.06
.09
.20
.13
.86
.18
.14
.02
.07
.06
.04
.06
.18
.11
.53
.09
.08
.01
.04
.07
.02
.05
.12
.05
1.15
.25
.20
.02
.10
.05
.05
.08
.25
.15
.58
.10
.04
.01
.04
.09
.06
.10
.09
.05
.48
.06
.03
.01
.03
.10
.05
.09
.08
.04
.67
.13
.05
.02
.06
.07
.07
.12
.10
.07
Persons in households with youngest child under 6:

Caring for household children as a primary activity ............................
Physical care ....................................................................................
Education-related activities ...............................................................
Reading to/with children ...................................................................
Talking to/with children .....................................................................
Playing/doing hobbies with children .................................................
Looking after children .......................................................................
Attending childrens events ...............................................................
Travel related to care of household children ....................................
Other childcare activities ..................................................................
1.98
.79
.08
.06
.03
.54
.11
.04
.19
.14
1.30
.43
.05
.04
.02
.47
.09
.03
.12
.06
2.53
1.09
.10
.08
.04
.60
.13
.05
.24
.19
2.07
.82
.10
.06
.04
.51
.10
.03
.23
.16
1.25
.43
.06
.04
.02
.41
.07
.02
.14
.07
2.74
1.15
.14
.08
.05
.60
.13
.05
.31
.24
1.77
.73
.02
.05
.02
.61
.13
.05
.09
.07
1.42
.44
.01
.04
.01
.62
.13
.05
.07
.05
2.06
.96
.03
.07
.02
.60
.14
.05
.10
.09
Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 18, whether or not they provided childcare.
Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about New Years Day in 2007,
Christmas Day in 2008, and the Fourth of July in 2010.
2
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 2006-10
Average hours per day spent caring for household children 3
Childcare activities 2
Total
Total
Persons in households with children under 13, total ..............................................

Caring for household children as a secondary activity in conjunction with:
Personal care activities .....................................................................................
Household activities ..........................................................................................
Purchasing goods and services ........................................................................
Working and work-related activities ..................................................................
Eating and drinking ...........................................................................................
Leisure and sports ............................................................................................
Other activities ..................................................................................................
Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 12, total .................................
Personal care activities .................................................................................
Household activities ......................................................................................
Purchasing goods and services ....................................................................
Working and work-related activities ..............................................................
Eating and drinking .......................................................................................
Leisure and sports ........................................................................................
Other activities ..............................................................................................
Persons in households with youngest child under 6, total ................................
Personal care activities .................................................................................
Household activities ......................................................................................
Purchasing goods and services ....................................................................
Working and work-related activities ..............................................................
Eating and drinking .......................................................................................
Leisure and sports ........................................................................................
Other activities ..............................................................................................
1
Men
Weekends and holidays 4
Weekdays
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
5.26
4.17
6.18
4.28
3.02
5.34
7.53
6.83
8.12
.26
1.22
.37
.20
.65
2.10
.44
.17
.70
.26
.18
.58
1.97
.31
.34
1.66
.47
.22
.72
2.22
.55
.23
1.04
.28
.23
.53
1.62
.34
.15
.49
.16
.18
.44
1.40
.21
.31
1.51
.39
.27
.62
1.80
.45
.33
1.64
.58
.15
.93
3.23
.67
.23
1.20
.49
.17
.90
3.29
.56
.42
2.02
.65
.12
.96
3.17
.77
4.83
4.02
5.54
3.77
2.91
4.51
7.33
6.63
7.94
.24
1.10
.29
.20
.57
1.99
.43
.17
.69
.21
.19
.52
1.93
.33
.31
1.45
.37
.21
.62
2.05
.52
.21
.85
.21
.22
.46
1.52
.30
.14
.44
.12
.19
.39
1.41
.22
.27
1.21
.28
.24
.52
1.62
.38
.32
1.67
.50
.17
.85
3.09
.73
.22
1.27
.41
.19
.82
3.14
.58
.41
2.02
.58
.14
.87
3.05
.86
5.56
4.28
6.61
4.64
3.10
5.91
7.67
6.98
8.24
.28
1.31
.43
.20
.71
2.18
.45
.18
.71
.29
.17
.62
2.00
.31
.36
1.81
.53
.23
.79
2.33
.57
.25
1.18
.34
.23
.59
1.68
.37
.15
.53
.19
.18
.47
1.39
.20
.33
1.72
.46
.28
.69
1.93
.50
.34
1.62
.63
.13
.99
3.32
.63
.24
1.14
.54
.16
.96
3.40
.54
.43
2.01
.70
.11
1.02
3.25
.71
Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 13, whether or not they provided childcare.
3 Secondary childcare time is defined as time one has a child under 13 "in his or her care" while doing something else as a main activity; information on secondary
childcare is not collected for children over 12 years. Estimates include a small amount of care provided to own, nonhousehold children.
4 Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about New Years
Day in 2007, Christmas Day in 2008, and the Fourth of July in 2010.
2
Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2010 annual averages
Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities
Total, all leisure and

sports activities
Characteristic
Participating in
sports,
exercise, and
recreation
Socializing and
communicating
WeekWeekWeekends
ends
ends
WeekWeekand
and
and
days
days
holiholiholidays 2
days 2
days 2
Watching TV
Playing games
and computer
use for leisure
Relaxing/
thinking
Reading
Other leisure
and sports
activities,
including
travel 1
WeekWeekWeekWeekends
ends
ends
ends
WeekWeekWeekWeekand
and
and
and
days
days
days
days
holiholiholiholidays 2
days 2
days 2
days 2
Weekends
and
holidays 2
Total,
all
days
Weekdays
Sex
Men .......................................................
Women .................................................
5.57
4.82
4.99
4.37
6.96
5.88
0.39
.19
0.49
.22
0.54
.56
1.02
1.12
2.68
2.36
3.56
2.91
0.24
.33
0.29
.38
0.27
.29
0.33
.28
0.45
.33
0.54
.38
0.43
.29
0.74
.57
Age
Total, 15 years and over .......................
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 over ..............................
5.18
5.69
5.34
4.40
4.17
4.66
5.24
6.85
7.69
4.67
5.27
4.66
3.74
3.61
4.10
4.69
6.66
7.59
6.40
6.67
6.97
5.98
5.55
5.97
6.58
7.34
7.90
.29
.67
.25
.26
.26
.21
.23
.31
.27
.35
.77
.37
.37
.33
.30
.31
.27
.14
.55
.74
.71
.59
.45
.54
.45
.59
.47
1.07
1.09
1.46
1.28
.99
.97
.92
.98
.94
2.52
2.23
2.09
1.91
1.96
2.37
2.75
3.77
4.50
3.23
2.49
2.85
2.84
2.87
3.26
3.71
4.00
4.26
.29
.12
( )
.13
.16
.24
.35
.62
.85
.34
.10
.16
.15
.19
.27
.43
.72
1.14
.28
.11
.28
.18
.24
.25
.26
.55
.64
.31
.21
.26
.21
.17
.32
.31
.49
.70
.39
.85
.65
.37
.29
.19
.29
.38
.49
.46
1.10
.88
.41
.36
.29
.35
.31
.30
.36
.55
.50
.30
.26
.30
.36
.44
.36
.65
.92
.99
.71
.64
.55
.54
.56
.41
Race and Hispanic or Latino

ethnicity
White ....................................................
Black or African American ....................
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ...................
5.14
5.61
4.89
4.62
5.19
4.40
6.39
6.61
6.05
.30
.21
.23
.36
.21
.27
.53
.63
.56
1.09
1.01
1.29
2.45
3.18
2.50
3.19
3.71
3.12
.31
.17
.15
.37
.18
.11
.27
.40
.33
.28
.47
.30
.41
.27
.29
.45
.46
.33
.36
.32
.33
.66
.58
.65
Employment status
Employed ..............................................
Full-time workers ...............................
Part-time workers ..............................
Not employed .......................................
4.22
3.99
4.97
6.68
3.59
3.26
4.63
6.40
5.78
5.77
5.81
7.35
.24
.23
.27
.36
.35
.36
.32
.36
.48
.41
.70
.67
1.05
1.05
1.07
1.09
1.88
1.74
2.32
3.54
2.86
2.86
2.82
3.79
.20
.17
.27
.43
.25
.23
.31
.47
.19
.19
.20
.43
.24
.25
.21
.41
.29
.24
.42
.55
.38
.37
.40
.58
.32
.28
.44
.41
.66
.65
.68
.65
Earnings of full-time wage and

salary workers
0 - $540 ................................................
$541 - $810 ..........................................
$811 - $1,230 .......................................
$1,231 and higher .................................
4.24
4.21
4.03
3.81
3.70
3.47
3.24
3.00
5.57
5.92
6.08
5.78
.19
.19
.26
.28
.25
.32
.40
.43
.43
.46
.44
.33
1.06
1.06
1.07
.98
2.02
1.94
1.70
1.56
2.80
3.15
2.99
2.68
.16
.11
.18
.23
.14
.23
.21
.36
.23
.22
.16
.14
.29
.23
.31
.17
.40
.21
.22
.19
.43
.41
.42
.32
.27
.33
.29
.27
.60
.52
.68
.84
Weekdays
Table 11. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, 2010 annual averages
Continued
Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities
Total, all leisure and

sports activities
Characteristic
Total,
all
days
Weekdays
Participating in
sports,
exercise, and
recreation
Socializing and
communicating
WeekWeekWeekends
ends
ends
WeekWeekand
and
and
days
days
holiholiholidays 2
days 2
days 2
Watching TV
Weekdays
Playing games
and computer
use for leisure
Relaxing/
thinking
Reading
Other leisure
and sports
activities,
including
travel 1
WeekWeekWeekWeekends
ends
ends
ends
WeekWeekWeekWeekand
and
and
and
days
days
days
days
holiholiholiholi2
2
2
2
days
days
days
days
Weekends
and
holidays 2
Presence and age of children

No household children under 18 ...........
Household children under 18 ................
Children 13 to 17 years, none
younger ...........................................
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger
Youngest child under 6 years ............
5.67
4.40
5.17
3.87
6.88
5.65
0.29
.29
0.35
.35
0.56
.54
1.02
1.14
2.82
2.03
3.56
2.71
0.37
.15
0.45
.16
0.30
.26
0.36
.21
0.44
.30
0.49
.41
0.39
.30
0.65
.65
4.83
4.49
4.08
4.39
4.02
3.46
5.99
5.58
5.51
.43
.27
.22
.36
.40
.31
.61
.52
.51
.99
1.02
1.32
2.16
2.03
1.97
3.09
2.61
2.59
.17
.18
.12
.21
.19
.12
.29
.29
.22
.18
.28
.19
.39
.37
.20
.52
.42
.35
.34
.36
.23
.64
.67
.64
Marital status and sex

Married, spouse present .......................
Men ....................................................
Women ..............................................
Other marital statuses ..........................
Men ....................................................
Women ..............................................
4.76
5.16
4.36
5.64
6.04
5.28
4.24
4.62
3.85
5.14
5.43
4.88
6.00
6.49
5.52
6.85
7.52
6.26
.25
.32
.18
.33
.47
.21
.33
.43
.23
.38
.56
.22
.50
.47
.53
.61
.62
.60
1.05
.97
1.14
1.09
1.07
1.10
2.35
2.68
2.01
2.70
2.68
2.71
3.12
3.56
2.69
3.35
3.57
3.15
.30
.27
.33
.27
.19
.34
.35
.33
.38
.32
.25
.39
.28
.28
.28
.29
.27
.31
.28
.33
.24
.33
.33
.33
.26
.25
.27
.52
.68
.38
.29
.27
.31
.64
.85
.46
.29
.35
.24
.42
.52
.34
.57
.61
.53
.74
.89
.62
Educational attainment, 25 years

and over
Less than a high school diploma ..........
High school graduates, no college 4 .....
Some college or associate degree .......
Bachelors degree and higher 5 ............
6.08
5.53
5.02
4.41
5.77
5.07
4.49
3.81
6.83
6.63
6.28
5.84
.19
.20
.26
.32
.20
.28
.29
.38
.55
.53
.50
.50
1.13
.98
.98
1.06
3.82
3.01
2.48
1.82
4.12
3.76
3.43
2.60
.17
.30
.31
.39
.16
.34
.38
.52
.64
.33
.26
.17
.66
.37
.25
.20
.18
.34
.35
.31
.13
.38
.35
.38
.23
.37
.32
.31
.43
.53
.60
.70
Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities.
Holidays are New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In 2010, data were not collected for the Fourth of July.
3 These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held one job only.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
2
Table 12. Average hours per day spent in primary activities 1 for the civilian population, 2010 quarterly and annual averages
(Not seasonally adjusted)
2010
Activity
Quarterly averages
Annual
average
II
III
IV
Total, all activities 2 ...........................................................................................................
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
Personal care activities ...................................................................................................

Sleeping .......................................................................................................................
Eating and drinking .........................................................................................................
Household activities ........................................................................................................
Housework ...................................................................................................................
Food preparation and cleanup .....................................................................................
Lawn and garden care .................................................................................................
Household management .............................................................................................
Purchasing goods and services ......................................................................................
Consumer purchases ..................................................................................................
Professional and personal care services .....................................................................
Caring for and helping household members ...................................................................
Caring for and helping household children ..................................................................
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members .............................................................
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults ...............................................................
Working and work-related activities ................................................................................
Working .......................................................................................................................
Educational activities ......................................................................................................
Attending class ............................................................................................................
Homework and research .............................................................................................
Organizational, civic, and religious activities ..................................................................
Religious and spiritual activities ...................................................................................
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) .........................................................
Leisure and sports ..........................................................................................................
Socializing and communicating ...................................................................................
Watching television ......................................................................................................
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation ..........................................................
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail ...................................................................................
Other activities, not elsewhere classified ........................................................................
9.52
8.72
1.20
1.67
.58
.57
.09
.13
.71
.35
.09
.52
.43
.20
.07
3.49
3.13
.52
.32
.17
.32
.17
.13
5.20
.61
2.99
.24
.19
.45
9.46
8.67
1.23
1.88
.56
.54
.35
.12
.77
.36
.08
.54
.42
.25
.10
3.44
3.06
.43
.25
.15
.34
.16
.15
5.09
.75
2.56
.34
.18
.38
9.43
8.61
1.31
1.82
.59
.55
.27
.12
.73
.36
.08
.47
.37
.19
.07
3.61
3.28
.34
.19
.12
.34
.15
.15
5.36
.78
2.60
.41
.16
.24
9.48
8.66
1.25
1.81
.57
.58
.14
.13
.77
.41
.07
.51
.40
.21
.08
3.44
3.07
.60
.35
.20
.38
.15
.19
5.07
.68
2.77
.23
.17
.32
9.47
8.67
1.25
1.79
.57
.56
.21
.12
.75
.37
.08
.51
.40
.21
.08
3.50
3.14
.47
.28
.16
.35
.16
.15
5.18
.70
2.73
.31
.18
.35
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(EDT) Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY 2010 RESULTS

Household Activities in 2010

On an average day, 20 percent of men did houseworksuch as cleaning or doing laundry

Leisure Activities in 2010

About the questionnaire

home). If respondents report doing more than one activity

Concepts and definitions

0.9 hour doing household activities. The remaining 3.6

Weekly earnings ranges. The ranges used

Average hours per day, population.

1) Did any work at all as paid employees;

Average hours per day, persons who did the

Employed full time. Full-time workers are those

Employed part time. Part-time workers are

Not employed. Persons are not employed if they

Usual weekly earnings. Data represent the

Employed. All persons who, at any time during

The numbers of employed and not employed persons

activities, the employment data are not intended for analysis

Major activity category definitions

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

helping activities for household children and adults are

Processing and estimation

Weekdays represent about 5/7 of the weighted

The sum of the weights is equal to the number of

Reliability of the estimates

Sample estimates from a given survey design are unbiased

Average hours per day, civilian

Average percent engaged in the

Average hours per day for persons

Total, all activities 2 .........................................................

Personal care activities .................................................

Average hours per day

Total, all activities 3 .........................................................

Personal care activities .................................................

Total, 15 years and over .......................

Men, 15 years and over .......................

Women, 15 years and over .................

White, 15 years and over .....................

See footnotes at end of table.

Black or African American, 15 years

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 15 years

Marital status and sex:

Educational attainment, 25 years and

Employed persons who worked on

Employed persons who worked on

Full- and part-time status and sex

Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Employed persons who worked on

Employed persons who worked on

Class of worker (main job only)

Occupation (main job only)

Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers

Employed persons who worked at

Employed persons who worked at

Full- and part-time status and sex

Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Employed persons who worked at

Employed persons who worked at

Class of worker (main job only)