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Time spent on various activities, by sex
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| 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Participants | Participation Rate | |
| hours per day | % | ||
| Activity group, total | 24.0 | 24.0 | 100 |
| Total work | 7.9 | 8.2 | 96 |
| Paid Work and related activities | 3.9 | 8.6 | 45 |
| Paid work | 3.5 | 7.9 | 44 |
| Activities related to paid work | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5 |
| Commuting | 0.4 | 0.9 | 40 |
| Unpaid work | 3.4 | 4.1 | 85 |
| Household work and related activities | 3.1 | 3.7 | 83 |
| Cooking/washing up | 0.7 | 1.1 | 62 |
| Housekeeping | 0.7 | 1.9 | 35 |
| Maintenance & repair | 0.2 | 2.9 | 7 |
| Other household work | 0.4 | 1.6 | 26 |
| Shopping for goods & services | 0.8 | 2.0 | 37 |
| Child care | 0.4 | 2.3 | 17 |
| Civic and voluntary activities | 0.3 | 2.4 | 15 |
| Education and related activities | 0.6 | 5.8 | 10 |
| Personal Care | 10.6 | 10.6 | 100 |
| Night sleep | 8.3 | 8.3 | 100 |
| Meals (excl. restaurant meals) | 1.0 | 1.2 | 86 |
| Other personal activities | 1.3 | 1.4 | 88 |
| Free time | 5.5 | 5.7 | 95 |
| Socializing including restaurant meals | 1.7 | 2.9 | 58 |
| Restaurant meals | 0.3 | 1.5 | 17 |
| Socializing (in homes) | 1.2 | 2.5 | 47 |
| Other socializing | 0.2 | 2.2 | 11 |
| Television, reading and other passive leisure | 2.5 | 3.2 | 80 |
| Watching television | 2.1 | 2.8 | 74 |
| Reading books, magazines, newspapers | 0.4 | 1.5 | 25 |
| Other passive leisure | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5 |
| Sports, movies and other entertainment events | 0.2 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Active leisure | 1.1 | 2.4 | 45 |
| Active sports | 0.5 | 2.0 | 25 |
| Other active leisure | 0.6 | 2.1 | 29 |
| Note: Averaged over a seven-day week, for population 15 and older. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005, Catalogue no. 12F0080XWE. Last modified: 2009-09-08. | |||
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