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Statistics Reveal How We Spend Our Leisure Time
According to the 2012 "American Time Use Study" conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American full-time worker has exactly 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 48 seconds of leisure every day. Again, on average, here's how that leisure time gets broken down per workday:
- 1 hour, 34 minutes, 48 seconds—Watching TV
- 21 minutes—Socializing & Talking
- 11 minutes, 24 seconds—Playing Sports
- 10 minutes, 48 seconds—Relaxing & Thinking
- 8 minutes, 24 seconds—Being on the Computer
- 7 minutes, 48 seconds—Reading
- 7 minutes, 12 seconds—Travel Related to Leisure
- 6 minutes—Other
- 5 minutes, 24 seconds—Playing Games
The category for "Volunteering, Religious Activities," which was not placed under "Leisure," amounted to an average of 7 minutes, 48 seconds per day.