2009 American Time Use Survey — 2010-06-22

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, to correct the earnings sections on tables 5, 7, and 11, and the section on weekly earnings ranges appearing in the technical note. The analyses in this release were not affected by the corrections.) The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released 2009 results from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). These data include the average amount of time per day in 2009 that individuals worked, did household activities, and engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the average time per day spent providing childcare--both as a primary (or main) activity and while doing other things--for the combined years 2005-09 are provided. Except for childcare, activities done simultaneously with pri- mary activities were not collected. For a further description of ATUS data and methodology, see the Technical Note. --Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked.