Table 2. Average Daily Minutes of Free Time, Screen Time, Leisure Time Physical Activity, and Physical Activity Outdoors Among Americans Aged 15 Years or Older (N = 32,048), American Time Use Survey, 2014–2016a .
Characteristic | Free Time, Min/d |
Screen Time, Min/d |
Leisure Time Physical Activity, Min/d |
Physical Activity Outdoors,b Min/d |
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Men | Women | P Value | Men | Women | P Value | Men | Women | P Value | Men | Women | P Value | |
Total | 356 | 318 | <.001 | 211 | 175 | <.001 | 24 | 14 | <.001 | 13 | 6 | <.001 |
Age, y | ||||||||||||
15–24 | 377 | 300 | <.001 | 210 | 161 | <.001 | 39 | 21 | <.001 | 18 | 8 | <.001 |
25–60 | 304 | 271 | <.001 | 179 | 145 | <.001 | 20 | 13 | <.001 | 11 | 6 | <.001 |
>60 | 466 | 426 | <.001 | 288 | 247 | <.001 | 21 | 11 | <.001 | 13 | 5 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .004 | .002 | ||||
Race/ethnicityc | ||||||||||||
White non-Hispanic | 356 | 326 | <.001 | 210 | 179 | <.001 | 24 | 15 | <.001 | 14 | 6 | <.001 |
Hispanic | 320 | 270 | <.001 | 186 | 146 | <.001 | 22 | 12 | <.001 | 11 | 6 | <.001 |
Black | 423 | 355 | <.001 | 261 | 212 | <.001 | 22 | 7 | <.001 | 9 | 2 | <.001 |
Other | 324 | 276 | <.001 | 193 | 146 | <.001 | 26 | 16 | .001 | 12 | 6 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .35 | <.001 | .009 | <.001 | ||||
Education level (respondents aged >24 y)d | ||||||||||||
Less than high school diploma | 398 | 358 | <.001 | 254 | 218 | <.001 | 15 | 8 | <.001 | 10 | 5 | <.001 |
Completed high school | 380 | 355 | <.001 | 247 | 218 | <.001 | 17 | 8 | <.001 | 12 | 4 | <.001 |
Some post–high school education | 345 | 317 | <.001 | 215 | 179 | <.001 | 20 | 11 | <.001 | 12 | 5 | <.001 |
Completed college | 315 | 286 | <.001 | 164 | 133 | <.001 | 25 | 18 | <.001 | 13 | 7 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .03 | <.001 | .33 | <.001 | ||||
Income, % of federal poverty guidelinesc | ||||||||||||
≥185 | 339 | 303 | <.001 | 194 | 159 | <.001 | 26 | 17 | <.001 | 14 | 7 | <.001 |
<185 | 386 | 336 | <.001 | 244 | 200 | <.001 | 17 | 9 | <.001 | 9 | 4 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
Body mass indexe | ||||||||||||
18.5–24.9 | 355 | 300 | <.001 | 200 | 156 | <.001 | 27 | 18 | <.001 | 14 | 8 | <.001 |
25.0–29.9 | 347 | 323 | <.001 | 202 | 180 | <.001 | 26 | 14 | <.001 | 15 | 6 | <.001 |
30.0–34.9 | 361 | 341 | .01 | 223 | 195 | <.001 | 19 | 9 | <.001 | 10 | 4 | <.001 |
≥35 | 375 | 342 | .002 | 244 | 207 | <.001 | 15 | 6 | <.001 | 10 | 3 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .02 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
Self-reported health | ||||||||||||
Excellent | 317 | 296 | <.001 | 162 | 140 | <.001 | 35 | 25 | <.001 | 17 | 10 | <.001 |
Very good | 336 | 306 | .004 | 190 | 160 | <.001 | 27 | 15 | <.001 | 15 | 7 | <.001 |
Good | 358 | 311 | <.001 | 218 | 178 | <.001 | 18 | 10 | <.001 | 11 | 4 | <.001 |
Fair | 421 | 368 | <.001 | 287 | 228 | <.001 | 14 | 6 | <.001 | 8 | 3 | <.001 |
Poor | 523 | 406 | <.001 | 367 | 278 | <.001 | 9 | 4 | .02 | 6 | 2 | .02 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
Weekday/weekend | ||||||||||||
Weekday | 316 | 288 | <.001 | 191 | 166 | <.001 | 22 | 13 | <.001 | 11 | 5 | <.001 |
Saturday or Sunday | 454 | 391 | <.001 | 261 | 198 | <.001 | 28 | 16 | <.001 | 17 | 8 | <.001 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .003 | <.001 | <.001 |
Weighted means based on 32,048 respondents (14,148 male, 17,900 female) to American Time Use Survey, 2014–2016.
Only includes activities explicitly coded as “outdoors away from home.” Many activities that are likely to be outdoors were coded as “other location.”
Discrepancies in data between this table and the figures in this article are due to rounding.
Respondents younger than 25 years (1,435 male, 1,466 female) were excluded in the stratification by education (only for that variable) because their educational achievement may not be complete.
Body mass index calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.