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. 2019 Sep 26;16:E133. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.190017

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
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
a

Weighted means based on 32,048 respondents (14,148 male, 17,900 female) to American Time Use Survey, 2014–2016.

b

Only includes activities explicitly coded as “outdoors away from home.” Many activities that are likely to be outdoors were coded as “other location.”

c

Discrepancies in data between this table and the figures in this article are due to rounding.

d

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.

e

Body mass index calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.