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Table 1. Average time and standard deviation by activity.
Men’s and Women’s daily minutes by country.
| SEX | ACTIVITY | Spain | Italy | France | Netherlands | Hungary | South Korea | Finland | UK | Canada | US |
| Men | Sleeping | 524 | 518 | 501 | 508 | 513 | 474 | 517 | 512 | 496 | 510 |
| (124,9) | (113,1) | (107,7) | (104,8) | (118) | (96,7) | (117,8) | (129) | (121,8) | (134,2) | ||
| Personal care | 49 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 79 | 71 | 43 | 51 | 33 | 43 | |
| (32) | (34,5) | (38,3) | (45,3) | (52,2) | (31,4) | (36,5) | (40,1) | (37,8) | (57,7) | ||
| Meals | 100 | 106 | 136 | 76 | 103 | 69 | 79 | 89 | 62 | 58 | |
| (47,6) | (46,3) | (73,9) | (48,9) | (52,8) | (46,9) | (44,3) | (64,9) | (57) | (50,3) | ||
| Paid work | 179 | 210 | 181 | 211 | 207 | 253 | 166 | 181 | 227 | 234 | |
| (254,8) | (259,3) | (244,3) | (261,9) | (247,5) | (248,3) | (245,4) | (248,3) | (268,2) | (269,4) | ||
| Study | 39 | 37 | 13 | 61 | 31 | 90 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 21 | |
| (122) | (117,9) | (74,4) | (140,9) | (107,1) | (197,1) | (111,5) | (108,8) | (107,5) | (92,3) | ||
| Housework | 78 | 50 | 118 | 88 | 95 | 31 | 110 | 99 | 115 | 86 | |
| (99,2) | (91,3) | (124,7) | (106,5) | (105,7) | (55,1) | (116,6) | (107,6) | (138,6) | (117,5) | ||
| Care for others | 27 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 30 | |
| (72,2) | (51,3) | (57,8) | (50,3) | (49,4) | (35,3) | (41,9) | (43,1) | (73,3) | (76,8) | ||
| Active leisure | 69 | 57 | 57 | 37 | 21 | 36 | 51 | 41 | 39 | 47 | |
| (96,5) | (93) | (95,2) | (73) | (58,7) | (64,8) | (81,1) | (72,9) | (83,6) | (96,1) | ||
| Screen-based leisure | 173 | 140 | 163 | 128 | 189 | 151 | 190 | 199 | 172 | 188 | |
| (140,1) | (109,4) | (137,4) | (119,9) | (136,1) | (132,8) | (148,5) | (164,3) | (167,1) | (180,5) | ||
| Other leisure | 127 | 160 | 123 | 184 | 120 | 160 | 158 | 121 | 165 | 140 | |
| (133,6) | (136,1) | (132,1) | (162,7) | (121) | (104,5) | (147,8) | (134,8) | (180,6) | (162,9) | ||
| Travel | 72 | 90 | 79 | 79 | 65 | 95 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 77 | |
| (66) | (67,9) | (83) | (78,9) | (68,5) | (69,2) | (82,1) | (80) | (83,6) | (79,9) | ||
| Other | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 8 | |
| (32) | (21,2) | (7,6) | (0,5) | (1,1) | (16,7) | (58,1) | (99,7) | (28,5) | (39,8) | ||
| Women | Sleeping | 521 | 525 | 511 | 522 | 519 | 474 | 519 | 520 | 510 | 524 |
| (114,4) | (108,1) | (107,1) | (102,9) | (100,8) | (94,3) | (106,4) | (123,7) | (120,6) | (132) | ||
| Personal care | 53 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 75 | 72 | 54 | 64 | 46 | 57 | |
| (34,6) | (34,7) | (39,3) | (45) | (52,7) | (38,2) | (36,8) | (45) | (40,1) | (64,7) | ||
| Meals | 100 | 106 | 132 | 76 | 97 | 71 | 79 | 86 | 58 | 54 | |
| (45,9) | (43,8) | (70,6) | (49,5) | (46,1) | (41,9) | (43,3) | (61,3) | (55) | (47,5) | ||
| Paid work | 106 | 95 | 122 | 116 | 126 | 143 | 130 | 116 | 161 | 165 | |
| (193,4) | (188) | (203,6) | (198,1) | (197,1) | (208,5) | (209,7) | (203,1) | (231,7) | (235,7) | ||
| Study | 37 | 39 | 16 | 58 | 28 | 81 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 20 | |
| (119,9) | (121,2) | (81,7) | (136,6) | (102,3) | (187,4) | (101,7) | (104,7) | (107,7) | (89,5) | ||
| Housework | 207 | 226 | 195 | 165 | 218 | 155 | 163 | 169 | 169 | 152 | |
| (151,5) | (172,6) | (134,7) | (135) | (139,8) | (124,7) | (123,6) | (130) | (148,7) | (142,2) | ||
| Care for others | 47 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 24 | 30 | 44 | 54 | |
| (95,5) | (77,3) | (71,9) | (74,7) | (89,3) | (87,4) | (73,3) | (76,7) | (102,6) | (100,3) | ||
| Active leisure | 44 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 29 | 29 | 25 | |
| (68,3) | (60,8) | (64,6) | (59,1) | (38,4) | (51,4) | (66,4) | (56,2) | (66,7) | (57,7) | ||
| Screen-based leisure | 147 | 113 | 136 | 98 | 157 | 132 | 143 | 154 | 136 | 163 | |
| (121,4) | (96,7) | (122,6) | (95,9) | (115,1) | (111,8) | (116,9) | (130,1) | (140,7) | (162,7) | ||
| Other leisure | 113 | 143 | 128 | 203 | 116 | 156 | 174 | 140 | 186 | 149 | |
| (122,6) | (122,9) | (125) | (153,3) | (113,9) | (107,4) | (139) | (132,7) | (179,9) | (159,5) | ||
| Travel | 64 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 55 | 87 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 73 | |
| (61,4) | (64) | (77,7) | (78,4) | (60,2) | (67,9) | (80,2) | (73,7) | (77,1) | (78,7) | ||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 6 | |
| (16,2) | (6,6) | (7,7) | (0,4) | (1,1) | (7) | (41,2) | (103,4) | (22,5) | (28,8) |
Source: Own calculations from the Multinational Time Use Study [32]
Reference
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