Number of hours per day spent on leisure and personal care.
Data refer to 2018 for the United States, 2016 for Japan and the Netherlands, 2015 for Canada, 2014-15 for Turkey and the United Kingdom, 2014 for Korea, 2013-14 for Italy, 2012-13 for Belgium, Germany, Greece and Poland, 2010-11 for Norway, 2009-10 for Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, New Zealand, Spain, 2006 for Australia and 2005 for Ireland.

This indicator measures the amount of minutes (or hours) per day that, on average, full-time employed people spend on leisure and on personal care activities. Leisure includes a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities such as walking and hiking, sports, entertainment and cultural activities, socializing with friends and family, volunteering, taking a nap, playing games, watching television, using computers, recreational gardening, etc. Personal care activities include sleeping (but not taking a nap), eating and drinking, and other household or medical or personal services (hygiene, visits to the doctor, hairdresser, etc.) consumed by the respondent. Travel time related to personal care is also included. The information is generally collected through national Time Use Surveys, which involve respondents keeping a diary of their activities over one or several representative days for a given period.