The charts depict how American people of both sexes spent their time on entertaining and doing housework in 2008.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that American residents were more likely to spend their day time on leisure activities rather than on finishing household chores. In addition, while males spent more time entertaining than women did, the opposite was true for that of accomplishing housework in the given year.
Regarding the average time spent on recreational activities per day, the majority of which was on watching TV, radio, and video, with 137 minutes for men, 19 minutes higher than that for women. Similarly, the figure for men participating in sport exercises was 15 minutes, whereas that for women was slightly lower, with 11 minutes. Furthermore, American citizens of both genders share negligible differences in their reading time, with nearly 20 minutes.
Turning to the time spent per day on household chores by American people, cooking and washing occupied most of their time. In 2008, males’ cooking and washing time accounted for around 25 minutes per day, nearly a half of that for women. The amount of time spent shopping, and doing the laundry by men stood at 23 and 10 minutes per day, 5 and 10 minutes lower than that for women. As for repairing time, women constituted only 5 minutes per day, while the figure for men was two-fold higher.