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. 2014 Feb 19;11(2):2108–2124. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110202108

Table 5.

Daily time spent in major locations by age group.

Age Group Location Mean Standard Error Median 95th Percentile
% of day h:min % of day min % of day h:min % of day h:min
Infants
(<1 year)
Indoors at home 89.2 21:23 1.5 21.1 93.3 22:22 99.9 23:58
Other indoor locations 1 4.8 1:10 0.9 13.4 0.0 0:0 23.6 5:39
Outdoors 1 4.0 0:57 1.1 16.0 0.0 0:0 21.2 5:06
In vehicle 1 2.0 0:29 0.3 5.0 0.0 0:0 8.7 2:05
Young Children
(1–4 years)
Indoors at home 74.0 17:44 1.6 22.9 71.6 17:10 98.0 23:30
Other indoor locations 15.3 3:40 1.5 21.0 9.6 2:19 39.4 9:23
Outdoors 1 7.6 1:49 1.3 18.9 4.0 0:58 31.5 7:33
In vehicle 1 3.2 0:46 0.6 8.0 1.6 0:22 8.3 1:59
Children
(5–11 years)
Indoors at home 71.3 17:07 1.2 17.8 70.1 16:48 95.2 22:50
Other indoor locations 17.8 4:16 1.1 16.3 18.1 4:21 38.9 9:20
Outdoors 7.5 1:48 0.6 8.1 4.9 1:11 24.7 5:55
In vehicle 3.4 0:49 0.4 5.4 2.1 0:30 11.8 2:50
Adolescents
(12–19 years)
Indoors at home 69.5 16:40 2.0 28.9 69.2 16:36 98.3 23:35
Other indoor locations 20.8 4:59 1.8 26.2 22.2 5:19 44.8 10:44
Outdoors 6.2 1:29 1.0 14.8 1.4 0:20 29.9 7:10
In vehicle 3.5 0:50 0.3 4.9 2.4 0:34 10.4 2:29
Adults
(20–59 years)
Indoors at home 66.8 16:02 0.9 12.5 64.5 15:28 99.1 23:45
Other indoor locations 21.4 5:08 0.9 12.4 16.9 4:03 50.5 12:06
Outdoors 5.5 1:19 0.4 5.4 2.0 0:29 25.9 6:12
In vehicle 6.3 1:30 0.5 6.7 4.3 1:02 22.7 5:27
Seniors
(60+ years)
Indoors at home 77.7 18:38 0.9 12.3 81.9 19:38 100.0 24:00
Other indoor locations 12.5 2:59 0.7 10.2 8.0 1:55 40.6 9:44
Outdoors 5.5 1:19 0.3 4.9 2.0 0:29 24.6 5:54
In vehicle 4.4 1:03 0.2 3.5 2.4 0:35 13.9 3:20

Note: 1 High sampling variability associated with the estimates, interpret with caution.