Charts by Topic: Leisure and sports activities
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- On an average day, individuals age 15 and over spent half of their
leisure time watching TV. (Data are from the 2007 survey).
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- Individuals age 75 and over spent more of their leisure time
watching TV, reading, relaxing and thinking, and socializing and communicating than individuals ages 15
to 19. The younger age group spent more of its leisure time engaged in
sports, exercise, and recreation and computer use. (Data are from the 2007 survey).
More findings from the 2007 survey:
- Employed adults ages 25 to 54 who live in households without children (under age 18)
engaged in leisure and sports activities for 4.4 hours, about 52 more
minutes per day than employed adults living with a child under age 6.
- On average, individuals spent 1.8 additional hours in leisure and
sports activities on weekend days than weekdays. The biggest
proportional gain was in socializing time; individuals spent double the
time socializing and communicating on weekend days than on weekdays. In
absolute terms, individuals increased their TV watching time by 38 minutes and their
socializing time by 35 minutes on weekend days.
- Men were more likely than women to participate in sports, exercise, or recreation on
any given day, 21 versus 16 percent. Men also spent more time in sports
activities on the days they participated, 2.0 versus 1.4 hours, respectively.
- The sports, exercise, and recreation activities that were most
frequently reported by participants were walking (29.5 percent), using cardiovascular equipment (11.5 percent), and weightlifting/ strength training (10.8 percent). The activities that participants engaged in the longest were golfing (3.7 hours), participating in water sports (1.8 hours), and biking (1.7 hours).
Last Modified Date: November 13, 2008
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