Activity Budapest County seats Other towns Villages
males females total males females total males females total males females total
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Socially fixed activities 488 428 426 501 521 464 474 518 505 449 452 510 511 451 424 488 558 495 470 509 535 474 448 499 523 456 432 515 553 503 486 518 537 480 460 516 539 466 446 495 576 519 500 536 558 493 473 515
Income producing activity 278 224 193 257 199 155 145 193 236 187 167 224 318 248 212 233 218 162 143 173 264 202 175 202 341 263 223 248 217 178 151 161 278 219 185 203 380 285 232 229 238 180 149 182 308 232 190 206
Of which:
main job 223 205 185 253 155 141 136 188 187 170 159 219 229 204 192 229 164 131 120 169 194 166 153 198 232 191 190 240 151 135 127 157 191 162 157 197 228 172 170 220 125 111 111 175 175 141 140 198
agricultural activity (for own household) 12 4 2 1 10 3 1 1 11 3 1 1 39 21 10 2 25 14 10 1 31 17 10 1 62 50 23 4 39 29 14 2 50 39 18 3 107 88 42 5 83 53 27 6 94 70 34 6
Learning, self-education 30 41 41 34 23 35 25 30 26 38 33 32 32 38 27 37 24 37 31 20 28 37 29 28 23 37 28 27 23 37 28 23 23 37 28 25 15 25 29 14 14 25 29 17 14 25 29 15
Of which:
formal education 26 36 35 30 20 32 23 26 23 34 29 28 30 33 22 35 23 34 27 18 26 33 24 26 21 34 24 26 22 34 25 21 21 34 24 23 14 23 27 13 13 24 25 15 13 23 26 14
self-education 4 5 5 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 5 6 2 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1
Household work, works around the house 58 50 67 63 172 147 154 124 118 103 114 95 63 60 68 86 198 178 170 167 134 122 122 128 66 66 80 100 206 181 186 183 137 126 135 143 61 73 87 126 231 215 206 199 148 144 147 161
Of which:
cooking, setting the table, serving food 11 13 22 21 63 60 67 51 39 39 47 37 11 13 19 32 70 74 73 74 42 46 48 54 10 11 18 28 73 73 79 87 42 43 50 59 7 9 15 28 88 89 88 89 48 50 52 57
dish washing 4 5 9 2 22 22 29 7 13 14 20 5 3 5 6 4 27 27 32 12 16 17 20 8 3 4 6 3 29 29 34 14 16 17 21 9 2 3 5 4 31 33 36 16 16 18 21 10
cleaning, tidying up the dwelling 14 12 15 21 37 35 30 35 26 25 23 28 10 12 9 15 40 37 32 42 26 25 21 29 7 7 8 14 40 35 33 38 24 21 21 27 3 6 4 16 39 38 34 39 21 22 19 27
laundry, ironing 2 2 2 3 27 19 17 10 15 11 10 7 1 1 1 2 35 25 20 14 19 14 11 8 1 1 1 1 37 26 21 13 19 14 11 7 1 1 1 1 39 33 25 12 20 17 13 7
sewing, mending clothinga 0 0 0 .. 13 3 1 .. 7 2 1 .. 1 0 0 .. 15 4 3 .. 8 2 2 .. 0 0 0 .. 14 3 2 .. 7 2 1 .. 0 0 0 .. 15 4 3 .. 8 2 1 ..
works around the house 7 7 11 3 5 3 5 3 6 5 8 3 13 11 18 10 5 5 6 6 8 7 11 8 18 21 31 17 8 8 11 8 13 14 21 12 27 31 44 31 13 12 16 12 20 22 30 22
repair, maintenance of building, premise 7 5 5 2 2 1 2 0 4 2 3 1 12 7 5 6 2 1 1 1 6 4 3 3 13 8 9 4 3 2 1 1 8 5 5 2 12 8 6 8 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 4
other repair, maintenance (car, household appliance) 10 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 2 10 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 1 12 10 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 3 9 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 4
Shopping, commercial and administrative services 21 19 22 28 32 31 33 38 27 26 28 33 16 21 22 27 27 31 28 35 22 27 25 31 14 17 17 28 26 26 23 35 20 22 20 32 10 14 14 19 19 22 17 28 15 18 15 24
Of which:
shoppingb 15 14 18 22 24 24 28 30 20 20 23 26 12 14 16 23 21 24 24 27 16 19 20 25 9 11 12 23 19 19 19 29 14 15 16 26 6 8 10 16 14 16 14 22 10 12 12 19
Childcare (own child) 15 13 18 17 26 28 41 34 21 21 30 26 13 15 24 15 36 30 40 32 25 23 33 24 11 12 16 20 28 27 41 36 19 19 29 28 7 11 15 19 27 28 42 40 17 20 29 29
Physical care and supervision 5 3 6 8 16 12 18 20 11 8 13 14 5 4 8 5 25 14 20 18 16 9 14 12 3 2 4 7 18 12 21 19 11 8 13 13 2 2 4 8 18 13 21 19 10 8 12 14
Reading, playing 7 8 11 6 6 11 17 9 7 10 14 8 6 9 12 7 7 11 16 9 6 10 14 8 5 7 9 9 6 9 15 11 6 8 12 10 4 7 9 8 5 9 14 14 4 8 11 11
Joint learning 3 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 6 6 4 2 4 4 2
Transport 86 81 85 102 69 68 76 99 77 74 80 100 69 69 71 92 55 57 58 82 62 63 64 86 68 61 68 93 53 54 57 80 60 57 62 86 66 58 69 87 47 49 57 71 56 54 63 79
Physiologically fixed activities 666 678 714 631 675 685 709 641 671 682 711 635 658 664 700 637 663 675 703 642 661 670 702 639 669 685 722 630 673 689 714 639 671 687 718 635 675 690 721 646 676 682 709 648 676 686 715 647
Of which:
sleeping 507 504 496 484 516 516 495 492 512 510 495 488 501 508 501 488 514 522 513 494 508 516 507 491 505 510 506 474 518 522 513 485 512 516 510 480 510 510 508 488 523 520 512 490 516 515 510 489
meals 84 95 109 87 80 88 107 82 82 91 108 84 80 82 97 80 77 79 90 78 78 80 93 79 84 87 106 88 80 83 96 83 82 85 101 85 85 90 106 92 81 84 95 86 83 87 100 89
dressing, personal hygiene 53 61 86 55 52 60 83 65 52 61 84 60 52 55 74 67 49 54 70 69 50 54 72 68 51 58 75 66 47 57 71 69 49 58 73 67 47 55 74 64 43 53 68 70 45 54 71 67
Leisure activities 287 334 300 306 244 292 257 279 264 311 277 292 272 324 315 314 219 270 267 285 244 295 290 299 248 298 286 293 214 249 239 281 231 273 262 287 226 285 274 298 189 238 230 255 207 261 252 277
Of which:
leasure time spent socially 63 57 50 43 53 46 49 49 57 51 49 46 59 62 49 53 51 46 51 53 55 54 50 53 56 58 49 41 50 43 44 45 53 50 46 43 57 58 51 41 43 41 44 36 50 50 47 39
religious activities 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
going to the movies 6 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 4 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
visiting other cultural establishment 1 3 0 5 3 2 2 5 2 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
reading 46 40 23 16 38 31 27 22 42 35 25 19 44 31 27 14 32 26 27 24 38 28 27 19 37 23 16 13 29 18 20 18 33 20 18 15 32 22 13 11 22 17 16 14 27 19 14 13
within this:
reading a book 20 20 7 2 20 20 14 3 20 20 11 2 13 9 8 1 13 11 13 5 13 10 10 3 11 6 4 1 11 7 10 3 11 6 7 2 8 4 3 2 7 6 6 3 8 5 4 2
listening to radio 10 8 1 0 5 5 2 1 7 6 2 1 9 5 1 1 4 3 1 1 6 4 1 1 9 6 1 1 4 3 1 1 7 4 1 1 9 7 1 1 4 3 1 0 6 5 1 1
watching tv, video, using the internet 118 165 158 125 108 164 128 107 113 164 142 115 118 171 174 126 103 157 144 111 110 164 158 118 110 167 169 126 100 153 138 114 105 160 153 120 106 165 163 142 95 151 141 117 100 158 152 130
walking, outing, sports, training 28 35 26 21 18 22 12 16 23 28 19 19 25 27 19 24 12 16 13 15 18 21 16 19 21 24 20 21 11 15 12 11 16 20 15 16 11 17 15 18 5 9 7 7 8 13 11 13
within this:
sports, physical trainings 7 10 11 16 2 4 3 11 4 7 7 14 7 8 10 17 1 2 4 11 4 5 7 14 5 5 8 13 1 2 3 7 3 4 5 10 3 4 8 8 1 1 2 4 2 2 5 6
hobbies, caring for plants, pets 9 19 11 8 12 16 14 13 11 17 12 11 6 18 10 9 10 13 14 11 8 15 12 10 5 11 9 7 11 8 10 12 8 10 9 10 3 7 8 8 13 7 9 10 8 7 8 9
within this:
caring for houseplants, pets 3 5 7 6 3 7 11 9 3 6 9 7 2 5 6 6 2 7 7 7 2 6 6 7 1 3 5 6 1 3 6 7 1 3 6 7 0 2 6 5 1 3 5 7 1 2 5 6
Completing the time use diary – – – 1 – – – 2 – – – 2 – – – 1 – – – 3 – – – 2 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1
Other or unspecified activities – – – 1 – – – 0 – – – 1 – – – 0 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – 0
Total 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440 1,440
Number of observations, n 2,251 3,541 440 922 2,803 4,277 562 1,141 5,054 7,818 1,002 2,063 2,363 3,313 655 748 2,930 3,896 862 992 5,293 7,209 1,517 1,740 3,477 5,479 1,210 1,247 3,898 6,056 1,468 1,536 7,375 11,535 2,678 2,783 9,864 6,318 1,115 1,328 10,652 6,630 1,277 1,331 20,516 12,948 2,392 2,659
Statistical population, thousand people 740 653 609 625 832 774 713 672 1,572 1,427 1,322 1,297 588 638 626 579 668 723 714 619 1,256 1,361 1,340 1,198 864 1,060 1,287 1,247 896 1,132 1,395 1,341 1,761 2,191 2,682 2,588 1,585 1,374 1,161 1,098 1,643 1,404 1,199 1,033 3,228 2,779 2,360 2,131

Footnotes

aFrom 2024/2025 it belongs in the "Hobbies, caring for plants, pets" and "Household work, works around the house" categories.
bFrom 2024/2025 with the inclusion of "Other or unspecified shopping and services".

Explanation of symbols

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Non-occurrence.
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Datum not available.
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Less than half of unit.
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Preliminary datum.
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