Time Use Survey 2009-2010

Main activity Person living in couple with the youngest child 0 - 6 years Person living in couple with the youngest child 7 - 17 years Single parent with the youngest child 0 - 17 years Person living in couple with the youngest child 0 - 6 years Person living in couple with the youngest child 7 - 17 years Single parent with the youngest child 0 - 17 years
Participants -
hours and minutes per day
Participants in the
activity - %
Personal care - Total 11:23 11:29 11:36 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sleep 08:31 08:23 08:27 100.0 100.0 100.0
Eating 01:59 02:10 02:10 99.8 100.0 100.0
Other personal care 00:53 00:55 00:59 98.1 99.1 98.6
Employment - total 07:15 07:31 06:46 48.4 59.2 53.3
Main and second job 07:16 07:37 07:03 47.7 57.5 50.3
Education - total 01:49 01:42 01:40 1.3 0.4 1.0
 - classes and lectures . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0
 - homework 01:49 01:08 01:40 1.3 0.2 1.0
Free time study . 02:30 . 0.0 0.1 0.0
Household and family care - total 04:49 03:39 04:16 93.8 89.2 96.7
Food preparation, baking and preserving 01:27 01:28 01:19 59.5 60.9 76.0
Dish washing 00:41 00:41 00:43 50.2 51.0 74.8
Cleaning dwelling 00:51 00:57 00:53 37.3 36.5 47.2
Laundry 00:39 00:38 00:35 27.1 21.3 29.5
Ironing 00:38 00:36 00:34 9.2 10.5 11.7
Making and care for textiles 01:09 01:30 00:48 0.7 2.7 1.8
Gardening 02:15 02:18 01:24 6.9 10.5 4.5
Tending domestic animals 00:57 01:10 00:58 7.2 8.8 11.5
Caring for pets 00:16 00:23 00:22 1.2 3.3 10.6
Walking the dog 00:32 00:54 01:00 0.3 2.2 7.8
Construction and repairs 01:37 01:22 00:27 7.3 10.3 7.3
Shopping and services 00:30 00:38 00:36 38.8 42.6 46.1
Physical care and supervision of child 01:47 00:39 01:37 68.3 15.0 38.3
Teaching, reading, playing and talking with child 01:16 00:56 01:11 54.1 18.1 33.7
Voluntary work and help 01:16 02:07 00:40 2.8 5.9 2.0
Organisational work . 00:30 . 0.0 0.1 0.0
Informal help to other household 01:16 02:08 00:40 2.8 5.8 2.0
Leisure time - total 03:29 03:36 03:30 98.6 97.5 96.3
Participatory activities 01:20 01:23 00:34 1.2 1.6 1.6
Visiting, receiving visitors and celebrations 02:08 02:05 01:19 5.8 6.1 11.1
Socialising with family, telephone conversations, other socialising 00:53 00:57 00:54 48.6 43.5 48.8
Entertainment and Culture 01:18 01:26 01:43 0.3 0.5 1.2
Walking and hiking 01:43 01:24 01:19 25.0 7.1 16.1
Sports and physical exercises 01:52 02:18 00:34 2.8 2.2 2.8
Computer and video games 00:52 01:18 00:34 2.8 1.9 1.4
Computing 01:02 01:02 00:49 17.1 13.5 14.0
Arts, hobbies and games 01:07 01:33 01:51 3.9 3.4 4.2
Reading books 00:54 01:12 01:06 7.1 5.4 13.0
Reading periodicals and other reading 00:43 00:40 00:40 11.5 15.5 9.2
TV, video and DVD 02:08 02:28 02:21 90.4 94.4 88.0
Listening to radio and records 00:42 01:04 00:20 2.9 2.2 1.4
Travel - total 01:14 01:16 01:27 82.9 89.3 84.6
Travel to/from work 01:03 01:03 01:17 44.5 54.1 47.2
Travel related to study 00:45 00:42 . 1.2 0.5 0.0
Travel related to shopping and services 00:29 00:32 00:34 37.7 40.3 43.1
Travel related to childcare 00:32 00:28 00:38 21.1 4.6 13.0
Filling in the diary, unspecified leisure time 00:37 00:28 00:22 4.6 4.4 1.4