Activity |
Millennials, ages 21 to 36 |
Nonmillennials, ages 37 and over |
---|---|---|
Watching TV |
1.99 | 3.20 |
Socializing and communicating |
0.77 | 0.60 |
Relaxing and thinking |
0.22 | 0.43 |
Reading for personal interest |
0.12 | 0.37 |
Playing games |
0.36 | 0.15 |
Computer use for leisure, excluding games |
0.18 | 0.18 |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation |
0.30 | 0.23 |
Other |
0.42 | 0.40 |
Note: “Other” leisure and sports activities include tobacco and drug use; listening to the radio; listening to or playing music (not radio); arts and crafts as a hobby; collecting as a hobby; hobbies, except arts and crafts and collecting; writing for personal interest; relaxing and leisure, not elsewhere classified; arts and entertainment (other than sports); waiting associated with relaxing or leisure; waiting associated with arts and entertainment; waiting associated with socializing, not elsewhere classified; socializing, relaxing, and leisure, not elsewhere classified; attending sporting and recreational events; waiting associated with sports, exercise, and recreation; security procedures related to sports, exercise, and recreation; sports, exercise, and recreation, not elsewhere classified; travel related to socializing, relaxing, and leisure; and travel related to sports, exercise, and recreation. Data are averages of estimates for all 7 days of the week. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey. |