Passage 29 American's Leisure Activities

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[12:24.63]American's Leisure Activities
[12:27.72]Leisure activities include things like watching television,
[12:32.00]seeing friends or exercising.
[12:35.59]Both men and women reported that they spent
[12:39.09]about half their leisure time watching television.
[12:43.04]Visiting friends and attending social events
[12:46.18]was the next most common leisure activity for both sexes.
[12:51.04]The average adult spends almost two hours a day on household activities
[12:56.75]like cooking, cleaning and paying bills.
[13:00.34]Women spend more time on child care and housework than men do
[13:05.15]even when the women are employed.
[13:07.74]Men, however, spend more time at work.
[13:11.33]Men also spend more time on leisure activities and sports.
[13:16.82]They average five hours twenty minutes a day,
[13:20.02]half an hour more than women.
[13:23.15]Older Americans spent more of their leisure time
[13:26.86]watching TV and reading than younger people.
[13:30.24]Younger people reported spending more time with friends,
[13:34.33]using the computer and playing sports.
[13:37.93]In all, nineteen percent of men and sixteen percent of women
[13:43.72]played sports on any given day.