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Free Time and Physical Activity Among Americans 15 Years or Older: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the American Time Use Survey

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 16 — September 26, 2019

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Figure 1.
Distribution of free time, in minutes per day, by income (<185% or ≥185% of federal poverty guidelines) and sex (N = 32,048), American Time Use Survey, 2014–2016. Test of equality: P< .001 for all of tests of equality of either the proportion of screen time or of physical activity: lower income men vs higher income men, lower income women vs higher income women, lower income men vs lower income women; higher income men vs higher income women. Discrepancies in data between this figure and Table 2 of this article are due to rounding.

Category Men Women
<185% of Poverty Guidelines ≥185% of Poverty Guidelines <185% of Poverty Guidelines ≥185% of Poverty Guidelines
Screen time 244 194 200 159
Physical activity 17 26 9 17
Travel associated with free time 14 17 12 15
Other free time 112 102 115 112
Total 387 339 336 303

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Figure 2.
Distribution of free time, in minutes per day, by sex and race/ethnicity (N = 32,048), American Time Use Survey, 2014–2016. Test of equality: P = .90 for proportion of screen time by race/ethnicity among men; P
< .001 for proportion of screen time by race/ethnicity among women; P
= .07 for proportion of physical activity time by race/ethnicity among men, P
< .001 for proportion of physical activity time by race/ethnicity among women; P
< .001 for proportion of screen time or physical activity between men and women. Discrepancies in data between this figure and Table 2 of this article are due to rounding. [A tabular version of this figure is also available.]

Category Men Women
Non-Hispanic White Hispanic Black Other Non-Hispanic White Hispanic Black Other
Screen time 210 186 261 193 178 146 212 146
Physical activity 24 22 22 26 15 12 7 16
Travel associated with free time 16 14 18 17 14 13 15 14
Other free time 106 97 122 87 118 98 121 100
Total 356 319 423 323 325 269 355 276

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