Table 2.

Top Ten Activities in the 2-h Period Prior Bedtime in the Evening and in the 2-h Period Past Bedtime in the Morning

Category	ATUS Code*	Activity [min] ± 95% CL	Activity [%]
EVENING
Television	12.03.03 & 12.03.04	55.6 ± 0.7	46.3
Household activities	02	8.2 ± 0.3	6.8
Personal care w/o sleep (grooming)	01	7.8 ± 0.2	6.5
Reading for personal interest	12.03.12	6.4 ± 0.3	5.3
Socializing & communicating	12.01&12.02	5.6 ± 0.3	4.7
Traveling	18	5.1 ± 0.2	4.3
Caring for household and non-household members	03 & 04	4.9 ± 0.2	4.1
Eating and drinking	11	4.7 ± 0.2	3.9
Work	05	4.5 ± 0.3	3.7
Relaxing, thinking	12.03.01	2.4 ± 0.2	2.0
MORNING
Personal care w/o sleep (grooming)	01	24.2 ± 0.4	20.2
Household activities	02	17.8 ± 0.5	14.8
Work	05	17.7 ± 0.5	14.7
Traveling	18	14.7 ± 0.3	12.3
Eating and drinking	11	11.5 ± 0.3	9.6
Television	12.03.03 & 12.03.04	8.7 ± 0.4	7.2
Caring for household and non-household members	03 & 04	6.4 ± 0.2	5.3
Education	06	3.7 ± 0.3	3.1
Reading for personal interest	12.03.12	3.5 ± 0.2	2.9
Sports, exercise, recreation	13	2.6 ± 0.2	2.2

ATUS: American Time Use Survey; CL: confidence limit

^*ATUS Codes are defined in the ATUS Activity Lexicon (see http://www.bls.gov/tus/ or the appendix of Basner et al.10)