American Time Use Survey

The New York Times has a really neat analysis of the American Time Use Survey 2008. Quick findings from Overcoming Bias*

• Older and better educated folks spend more time eating.
  
• More educated folks eat dinner later while older folks eat earlier.
  
• More educated folks and old folks sleep less.
  
• Men watch more tv than women before 10pm.
  
• Older folks watch more tv.
  
• More educated folks watch less tv.
  
• Childcare peaks at about 8:30pm.
  
• Old folks exercise less, but do it earlier in the day; young folks do it later.
  
• Old folks don't shop in the evening.
  
• Middle aged folks don't sleep as much as young or old folks.
  
• Most grooming is done in the morning.
  
• Using computers for anything but games is still pretty rare.
  
• We average much less than a minute a day of sex - way way too little!
  

* an awesome blog on economics, epistemology, politics, and human interactions.