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Table 2. Average time spent1 on various activities for the population aged 15 and over and participants, Canada, 2005

Age 35 to 44
Activity group Population Participants Participant rate
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
(Hours per day) (Hours per day) (Percent)
Total work2
9.6
9.6
9.6
9.8
9.8
9.7
98
98
99
Paid work and related activities
5.4
6.5
4.4
9.0
9.6
8.2
60
67
53
Unpaid work3
4.0
3.1
4.9
4.4
3.6
5.2
90
85
95
Personal care
10.1
9.9
10.3
10.1
9.9
10.3
100
100
100
Free time
4.3
4.4
4.1
4.5
4.7
4.4
94
94
94
1. Paid work and related activities
5.4
6.5
4.4
9.0
9.6
8.2
60
67
53
Paid work
4.9
5.8
3.9
8.3
8.9
7.5
59
65
52
Activities related to paid work
0.0
0.1E
0.0
0.7
0.8
0.5
6
7E
6
Commuting
0.5
0.6
0.4
1.0
1.0
0.9
54
60
48
2. Household work and related activities
3.7
2.8
4.6
4.2
3.3
4.9
89
83
94
Cooking/washing up
0.7
0.5
1.0
1.1
0.8
1.2
68
57
80
Housekeeping
0.8
0.3
1.2
2.0
1.6
2.1
39
22
56
Maintenance and repair
0.2
0.3
0.1E
3.2
3.2
3.0
7
10
5E
Other household work
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.4
1.6
1.2
26
23
30
Shopping for goods and services
0.7
0.6
0.9
1.9
2.0
1.9
38
30
46
Child care
0.9
0.7
1.1
2.2
1.9
2.4
41
35
47
3. Civic and voluntary activities
0.3
0.3
0.3
2.2
2.4
1.9
14
12
15
4. Education and related activities
0.2
0.1E
0.2
3.5
3.8E
3.4
5
3E
7
5. Sleep, meals and other personal activities
10.1
9.9
10.3
10.1
9.9
10.3
100
100
100
Night sleep
8.0
8.0
8.1
8.0
8.0
8.1
100
100
100
Meals (excl. restaurant meals)
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.1
1.2
88
89
87
Other personal activities
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.4
88
86
90
6. Socializing including restaurant meals
1.4
1.3
1.4
2.6
2.6
2.6
52
49
56
Restaurant meals
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.5
1.4
1.6
16
18
15
Socializing (in homes)
0.9
0.8
1.0
2.2
2.3
2.1
42
37
46
Other socializing
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.3
2.0
2.6
9
9
8
7. Television, reading and other passive leisure
1.9
2.1
1.8
2.4
2.6
2.3
79
80
77
Watching Television
1.7
1.9
1.5
2.3
2.5
2.1
73
75
70
Reading books, magazines, newspapers
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
19
17
21
Other passive leisure
0.0
0.0E
0.0E
1.1
1.2E
1.1
3
3E
3E
8. Sports, movies and other entertainment events
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.7
3.1
2.4
6
5
7
9. Active leisure
0.8
0.9
0.7
2.1
2.3
1.9
38
38
38
Active sports
0.4
0.5
0.4
2.0
2.3
1.8
22
20
23
Other active leisure
0.4
0.4
0.3
1.7
1.8
1.6
22
23
21
1. Averaged over a 7-day week.
2. Includes activity groups 1 to 4.
3. Includes activity groups 2 and 3.
E Figures to be used with caution. The coefficient of variation of the estimate is between 16.6% and 33.3%.
F Too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005