Sleep. Work. Play. The times and everything in between change depending on who you talk to.
time use
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American Daily Routine
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Peak times for leisure and sports
The American Time Use Survey asks people what they do during the day.…
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Alone Time
It’s harder to make friends as you get older. There aren’t as many…
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Giving Up Time as a Parent
There is a fixed number of minutes during the day. Where do parents usually draw the time from?
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A Day in the Life: Work and Home
I simulated a day for employed Americans to see when and where they work.
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How the Average Working Adult Spends Days
This is what you get when you add up all the days the average American adult spends sleeping, eating, commuting, and doing other activities.
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How People Like You Spend Their Time
Looking at American time use for various combinations of sex, age, and employment status, on weekdays and weekends.
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Working Parents
Here are the mothers and fathers who work like you.
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Shifting Parent Work Hours, Mom vs. Dad
Articles about stay-at-home dads and parents with even work loads might make it seem like dads are putting in a lot of hours in the household these days. Are they? How do they compare to moms’ work hours?
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Sum of life’s parts
What if you relived life’s activities in big clumps? Thirty years of sleeping…
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A Day in the Life of Americans
I wanted to see how daily patterns emerge at the individual level and how a person’s entire day plays out. So I simulated 1,000 of them.
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Most Common Use of Time, By Age and Sex
Typical time use varies by who you talk to. This interactive shows you the differences when you vary age and sex.
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Counting the Hours
Every day is a bit different, but here is a wideout view of how Americans spend their days. Compare with your own time use.
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How do Americans spend their days?
One of my favorite data graphics is an interactive piece by The New…
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How People in America Spend Their Day
From Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Kevin Quealy, and Amy Schoenfeld of The New…