Charts by Topic: Leisure and sports activities
![Leisure time on an average day](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010163656im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart9.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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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 2010 survey).
![Average hours spent per day in leisure and sports activities,by youngest and oldest populations](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010163656im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart10.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- Individuals age 75 and over spent more of their leisure time
watching TV, reading, and relaxing and thinking than individuals ages 15
to 19. The younger age group spent more of its leisure time socializing, engaging in
sports and exercise, playing games and using the computer for leisure. (Data are from the 2010 survey).
More findings from the 2010 survey:
- 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).
- Men were more likely than women to participate in sports, exercise, or recreation on any given
day—22 percent compared with 16 percent. On the days that they participated, men also spent
more time in these activities than did women—1.9 hours compared with 1.3 hours.
- 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.
Last Modified Date: December 2, 2011
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