Organizational, Civic, and Religious Activities
This category includes volunteer activities, civic obligations, and religious activities.
Volunteer activities include time spent volunteering for or through an organization. Civic obligations include government-required dutiessuch as serving jury duty or appearing in courtand 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 and engaging in personal religious practices, such as praying.
For a more detailed description of this activity category, see the ATUS 2011 Technical Note.
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Other sources of ATUS data
Organizational, civic, and religious activities on weekdays and weekend days in 2011
Time spent in organizational, civic, and religious activities and percent of the civilian population engaged in these activities, averages per day on weekdays and weekends, 2011 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 |
Weekdays |
Weekends and holidays
|
Weekdays |
Weekends and holidays
|
Weekdays |
Weekends and holidays
|
Total, organizational, civic, and religious activities |
.25 |
.61 |
11.0 |
21.2 |
2.25 |
2.88 |
Religious and spiritual activities |
.07 |
.35 |
5.7 |
16.9 |
1.30 |
2.04 |
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) |
.14 |
.19 |
5.9 |
6.6 |
2.28 |
2.86 |
Volunteer activities |
.13 |
.19 |
5.8 |
6.5 |
2.30 |
2.86 |
Administrative and support activities |
.04 |
.04 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.88 |
1.70 |
Social service and care activities (except medical) |
.03 |
.04 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.24 |
1.94 |
Indoor and outdoor maintenance, building, and cleanup activities |
.01 |
.02 |
.3 |
.8 |
2.11 |
2.16 |
Participating in performance and cultural activities |
.01 |
.02 |
.3 |
.7 |
2.80 |
2.35 |
Attending meetings, conferences, and training |
.02 |
.01 |
.8 |
.5 |
2.12 |
2.04 |
Civic obligations and participation |
~0 |
~0 |
.2 |
.1 |
|
|
Travel related to organizational, civic, and religious activities |
.04 |
.08 |
6.0 |
17.1 |
.62 |
.45 |
These and other detailed activity estimates are also available in:
Table A-2: Time spent in detailed primary activities, and percent of the civilian population engaging in each detailed primary activity category, averages per day by sex on weekdays and weekends, 2011 annual averages (PDF)
For a further description of ATUS data and methodology, see the ATUS 2011 Technical Note.
Organizational, civic, and religious activities done by men and women in 2011
Time spent in organizational, civic, and religious activities and percent of the civilian population engaged in these activities, averages per day by sex, 2011 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, organizational, civic, and religious activities |
.35 |
.30 |
.40 |
14.0 |
11.7 |
16.2 |
2.53 |
2.59 |
2.49 |
Religious and spiritual activities |
.15 |
.12 |
.19 |
9.1 |
7.0 |
11.0 |
1.71 |
1.76 |
1.69 |
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities) |
.15 |
.14 |
.16 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
6.6 |
2.47 |
2.48 |
2.45 |
Volunteer activities |
.15 |
.13 |
.16 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
6.5 |
2.48 |
2.48 |
2.48 |
Administrative and support activities |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
1.83 |
1.96 |
1.73 |
Social service and care activities (except medical) |
.03 |
.03 |
.04 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.13 |
2.17 |
2.11 |
Indoor and outdoor maintenance, building, and cleanup activities |
.01 |
.01 |
.01 |
.4 |
.6 |
.3 |
2.14 |
2.25 |
1.94 |
Participating in performance and cultural activities |
.01 |
.01 |
.01 |
.4 |
.4 |
.4 |
2.60 |
3.07 |
2.17 |
Attending meetings, conferences, and training |
.02 |
.01 |
.02 |
.8 |
.5 |
1.0 |
2.11 |
2.25 |
2.04 |
Civic obligations and participation |
~0 |
~0 |
~0 |
.1 |
.2 |
.1 |
|
|
|
Travel related to organizational, civic, and religious activities |
.05 |
.04 |
.06 |
9.3 |
8.1 |
10.4 |
.53 |
.52 |
.53 |
These and other detailed activity estimates are also available in:
Table A-1. Time spent in detailed primary activities and percent of the civilian population engaging in each detailed primary activity category, averages per day by sex, 2011 annual averages (PDF)
For a further description of ATUS data and methodology, see the ATUS 2011 Technical Note.
Other sources of ATUS data
ATUS news releases
ATUS tables
ATUS charts
ATUS papers and publications
Last Modified Date: June 22, 2012