Activity Daily average time use, minutes/person People performing the activity proportion, % People performing the activity time use, minutes/person
1986/1987 1999/2000 2009/2010 2024/2025 1986/1987 1999/2000 2009/2010 2024/2025 1986/1987 1999/2000 2009/2010 2024/2025
Socially fixed activities 540 478 461 511 .. 98.6 98.8 99.0 .. 485 466 517
Income producing work 280 215 182 207 71.8 57.3 52.3 48.3 390 374 347 429
Learning, self-education 21 33 29 24 .. .. 9.4 9.1 301 331 311 262
Household work, works around the house 137 128 133 137 76.4 78.5 81.6 79.5 164 152 163 172
Shopping and services, household management 20 22 21 29 40.8 41.5 41.8 46.6 48 53 50 63
Childcare (own child) 20 20 30 27 18.6 17.5 21.4 18.3 105 116 139 149
Transport 62 60 66 86 81.3 80.1 80.7 86.3 76 75 82 100
Physiologically fixed activities 671 683 713 641 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 671 683 713 641
Leisure activities 230 280 266 286 95.6 97.5 97.7 96.6 240 287 272 296
Completing the time use diary – – – 1 – – – 2.8 – – – 45
Other or unspecified activities – – – 0 – – – 0.5 – – – 93
Total 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 x x x x x x x x
Number of observations, n 38,238 39,510 7,589 9,245 x x x x x x x x
Statistical population, thousand people 7,817 7,758 7,704 7,215 x x x x x x x x

Explanation of symbols

–
Non-occurrence.
..
Datum not available.
0
Less than half of unit.
x
Not applicable.
blue number
Preliminary datum.
green number
Revised datum.
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