Time Use Survey 2009-2010

Main activity Participants  -
hours and minutes per day
Participants in the
activity - %
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Personal care - total 12:20 12:30 12:10 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sleep 09:14 09:14 09:13 100.0 100.0 100.0
Eating 02:08 02:16 02:01 100.0 100.0 100.0
Other personal care 00:58 01:00 00:56 99.1 99.0 99.2
Employment - total 07:14 07:18 07:08 32.9 38.5 28.0
Main and second job 07:19 07:24 07:13 32.0 37.4 27.4
Education - total 05:33 05:32 05:34 6.0 6.2 5.9
 - classes and lectures 05:17 05:17 05:17 4.1 4.3 4.0
 - homework 02:12 02:10 02:14 5.0 5.0 5.0
Free time study 02:13 02:13 02:14 0.2 0.2 0.1
Household and family care - total 03:54 02:49 04:40 87.6 78.9 95.0
Food preparation, baking and preserving 01:32 00:54 01:45 61.4 33.7 85.1
Dish washing 00:46 00:32 00:50 53.7 23.3 79.8
Cleaning dwelling 00:50 00:50 00:51 41.9 22.8 58.3
Laundry 00:41 00:39 00:41 17.6 2.5 30.6
Ironing 00:36 00:31 00:36 6.0 0.2 10.9
Making and care for textiles 01:46 01:27 01:46 6.0 0.3 10.9
Gardening 02:10 02:26 01:54 15.2 15.6 14.9
Tending domestic animals 01:20 01:34 01:02 13.2 16.2 10.7
Caring for pets 00:25 00:26 00:24 5.4 5.3 5.4
Walking the dog 00:55 00:57 00:53 2.1 2.5 1.8
Construction and repairs 01:31 01:31 01:27 5.4 10.1 1.3
Shopping and services 00:36 00:36 00:35 43.2 40.3 45.7
Physical care and supervision of child 01:25 00:50 01:36 6.9 3.4 10.0
Teaching, reading, playing and talking with child 01:07 01:04 01:08 6.4 5.1 7.4
Voluntary work and help 02:13 02:12 02:14 5.1 5.0 5.3
Organisational work 01:32 02:31 01:01 0.1 0.1 0.1
Informal help to other household 02:13 02:12 02:15 5.1 5.0 5.2
Leisure time - total 04:30 04:58 04:05 98.2 98.4 97.9
Participatory activities 01:14 01:15 01:14 1.1 1.0 1.2
Visiting, receiving visitors and celebrations 01:23 01:32 01:18 7.3 6.0 8.5
Socialising with family, telephone conversations, other socialising 01:06 01:10 01:03 54.5 56.1 53.2
Entertainment and Culture 01:33 01:38 01:28 0.6 0.6 0.6
Walking and hiking 01:33 01:34 01:32 13.5 14.6 12.5
Sports and physical exercises 02:00 02:08 01:44 4.7 6.8 2.9
Computer and video games 01:39 01:46 01:24 3.0 4.4 1.8
Computing 01:36 01:46 01:24 12.2 14.7 10.0
Arts, hobbies and games 01:32 01:39 01:15 5.3 8.1 2.9
Reading books 01:20 01:23 01:18 8.4 6.1 10.3
Reading periodicals and other reading 00:49 00:50 00:49 15.3 22.8 9.0
TV, video and DVD 02:56 03:07 02:47 91.9 92.1 91.8
Listening to radio and records 00:59 01:02 00:56 5.1 6.1 4.2
Travel - total 01:13 01:15 01:11 79.0 84.1 74.6
Travel to/from work 01:04 01:03 01:05 29.1 33.5 25.4
Travel related to study 01:06 01:06 01:06 4.5 4.6 4.4
Travel related to shopping and services 00:36 00:36 00:35 41.3 38.5 43.6
Travel related to childcare 00:33 00:30 00:34 2.1 1.5 2.7
Filling in the diary, unspecified leisure time 00:38 00:37 00:39 4.3 4.6 4.1