American's Leisure ActivitiesLeisure activities include things like watching television, seeing friends or exercising.Both men and women reported that they spent about half their leisure time watching television.Visiting friends and attending social events was the next most common leisure activity for both sexes.The average adult spends almost two hours a day on household activities like cooking, cleaning and paying bills.Women spend more time on child care and housework than men do even when the women are employed.Men, however, spend more time at work.Men also spend more time on leisure activities and sports.They average five hours twenty minutes a day, half an hour more than women.Older Americans spent more of their leisure time watching TV and reading than younger people.Younger people reported spending more time with friends, using the computer and playing sports.In all, nineteen percent of men and sixteen percent of women played sports on any given day.
