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The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures
the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work,
childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
Announcements
- Interactive charts
- More tools for accessing historic time-use estimates for over 100 activities by sex and day of week, age group, employment status, and for parents. For more information, see the ATUS Database page.
06/28/2018
In 2017, 82 percent of employed persons worked on an average
weekday, compared with 33 percent on an average weekend day.
Multiple jobholders were more likely to work on an average
weekend day than were single jobholders--57 percent, compared
with 30 percent.
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09/20/2017
Sixteen percent of the U.S. population provides unpaid eldercare to others. On a given day,
26 percent of eldercare providers engage in eldercare, spending an average of 2.8 hours in
eldercare activities.
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08/16/2012
In 2011, 90 percent of wage and salary workers had access to paid or
unpaid leave at their main jobs. Twenty-one percent of wage and salary
workers took paid or unpaid leave during an average week and those who
did took an average of 15.6 hours.
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05/08/2008
In the years 2003-06, married mothers who were employed full
time were more likely to do household activities and provide
childcare on an average day than were married fathers who
were employed full time. Among full-time workers, married
fathers were more likely to work than were married mothers.
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Archives
To receive e-mail announcements about the American Time Use Survey, please contact the ATUS staff.
Tables
Civilian noninstitutional population age 15 and over
Note: Historical estimates (from 2003 to the most recent year) for tables A-1 and A-2 are available through the ATUS Database.
Employed persons
- Table A-4. Percent of employed persons working on their main job on
days they worked, by occupation and hour of day,
2013-17 (HTML) (PDF) 2011-15 (HTML) (PDF) 2011-12 (HTML) (PDF) 2005-09 (HTML) (PDF) 2003-07 (HTML) (PDF)
- Table A-5. Percent of employed persons working on their main job on
days they worked, by industry and hour of day,
2013-17 (HTML) (PDF) 2011-15 (HTML) (PDF) 2009-13 (HTML) (PDF) 2007-11 (HTML) (PDF) 2005-09 (HTML) (PDF) 2003-07 (HTML) (PDF)
Married parents
Note: Tables A-6 and A-7 are updated and expanded versions of the
tables appearing in the May 8, 2008 news release on Married Parents' Use
of Time. To access the 2003-06 versions of these tables, see the news release.
- Table A-6. Time spent in primary activities
and the percent of married mothers and fathers who did the activities on
an average day by employment status and age of youngest own household
child, average for the combined years,
2013-17 (HTML) (PDF) 2011-15 (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX) 2009-13 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS) 2007-11 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS) 2005-09 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS)
- Table A-7. Time spent in primary activities
by married mothers and fathers with own household children under 18 by
employment status of self and spouse and age of youngest child, average
for the combined years,
2013-17 (HTML) (PDF) 2011-15 (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX) 2009-13 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS) 2007-11 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS) 2005-09 (HTML) (PDF) (XLS)
Additional tables are available in ATUS news releases.
Unpublished tables of time-use estimates by age, ethnicity, employment
status, educational attainment, marital status, presence and age of
household children, and other categories are available upon request by
e-mailing the ATUS staff.
Charts
The following charts provide a snapshot of how people use their time. These lists are not exclusive—they only contain some of the most interesting or
commonly cited statistics from the survey.
Activities by sex and day
Activities by employment status
Activities by age
Working activities for employed persons
Household, caring, and leisure activities
ATUS Database
Data Files
Single-Year Data Files
Multi-Year Data Files
Module Data Files
How to use ATUS microdata files
Survey Documentation
Data files do not contain time-use estimates. Time-use estimates are available from:
Email: ATUS staff
Telephone number: (202) 691-6339
Fax number: (202) 691-6426
Postal address: American Time Use Survey
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite 4675
Washington, DC 20212-0001
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Latest Numbers
Household activities:
1.81 in 2017
Eating and drinking:
1.18 in 2017
Leisure and sports:
5.24 in 2017
Sleeping:
8.80 in 2017
Caring for and helping household children, parents:
1.43 in 2017
Working, employed persons:
5.17 in 2017
Working on days worked, employed persons:
7.69 in 2017
PERCENT PARTICIPATING ON AN AVERAGE DAY
Working, employed persons:
67.2 in 2017
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation:
19.0 in 2017
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