Things MARRIED People Spend MORE Time on
Than Single People
Household activities (housework, yard work,
preparing meals, car maintenance, etc.; does not
include child care)
Married people: 2 hours, 4
minutes per day
Single people: 1 hour, 24 minutes
per day
Buying things (food, gas, goods, services—
everything people buy, whether in person, online,
or any other way)
Married people: 47 minutes a day
Single people: 40 minutes a day
Eating and drinking (alone or with others, at home
or elsewhere, not including work-related meals)
Married people: 1 hour, 20
minutes a day
Single people: 1 hour, 9 minutes
a day
Working (at home or at a workplace; includes
travel to work and informal activities for
generating income, such as yard sales; also
includes work-related meals and activities)
[Note: I think the numbers appear low because
weekends are included, and because the youngest
and oldest people may not be working at all.]
Married people: 3 hours, 56
minutes
Single people: 3 hours, 7 minutes
Religious and civic activities (going to church,
praying, going to town hall meetings, etc.)
Married people: 23 minutes a day
Single people: 16 minutes a day
Things Single and Married People Spend the
SAME Amount of Time on
Caring for and helping people who are not in your
household: 11 minutes for both single and
married people (Married people spend more time
helping people within their households, but since
about 33 million people don’t have anyone else in
their household—they live alone—that’s not a
relevant comparison)
Things SINGLE People Spend MORE Time on Than
Married People
Educational activities (taking classes, whether for
credit or for personal interest; doing research,
homework, etc.)
Single people: 56 minutes a day
Married people: 5 minutes a day
Personal care ( sleeping , taking care of your
health, grooming, etc.)
Single people: 9 hours, 47
minutes
Married people: 9 hours, 13
minutes
Staying in touch with other people, not in
person (calling, emailing, mailing, not for work-
related reasons)
Single people: 12 minutes a day
Married people: 7 minutes a day
Socializing, sports , leisure (exercising, playing
sports, socializing and communicating face-to-
face, watching TV, listening to music, playing
computer games, reading, thinking) [Note: I’ll
probably write a post for one of my other blogs
on the different subcategories]
Single people: 5 hours, 48
minutes
Married people: 4 hours, 57
minutes
source: pschologytoday
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