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Volume 2: No. 1, January 2005
SPECIAL TOPIC
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| Minutes per week | |
|---|---|
| Age 3–5 | 337 |
| Age 6–8 | 442 |
| Age 9–12 | 408 |
| All ages | 419 |
Figure 1. Decline in discretionary time (in minutes per week) between 1981 and 1997 among U.S. children three to 12 years. Calculations based on data from Hofferth and Sandberg (5).
| Minutes per week | |
|---|---|
| School, day care, studying, reading, art activity | 366 |
| Personal care | 107 |
| Sports/outdoors | 73 |
| Shopping | 61 |
| Playing | -138 |
| Other passive leisure (e.g., conversations, church, visiting) | -162 |
| Television | -246 |
Figure 2. Changes in time (in minutes per week) spent on activities between 1981 to 1997 by U.S. children aged three to 12 years. Calculations based on data from Hofferth and Sandberg (5).
| Minutes per week | |
|---|---|
| School, day care, studying, reading, art activity | 405 |
| Personal care | 181 |
| Sports/outdoors | 134 |
| Shopping | 69 |
| Television | -82 |
| Other passive leisure (e.g., conversations, church, visiting) | -94 |
| Playing | -509 |
Figure 3. Changes in time (in minutes per week) spent between 1981 and 1997 on activities by U.S. children aged three to five years. Calculations based on data from Hofferth and Sandberg (5).
| Minutes per week | |
|---|---|
| School, day care, studying, reading, art activity | 485 |
| Personal care | 100 |
| Shopping | 99 |
| Sports/outdoors | -46 |
| Other passive, conversations, church, visiting, leisure | -135 |
| Television | -181 |
| Playing | -228 |
Figure 4. Changes in time (in minutes per week) spent between 1981 and 1997 on activities by U.S. children aged six to eight years. Calculations based on data from Hofferth and Sandberg (5).
| Minutes per week | |
|---|---|
| School, day care, studying, reading, art activity | 369 |
| Sports/outdoors | 92 |
| Personal care | 92 |
| Playing | 90 |
| Shopping | 27 |
| Other passive, conversations, church, visiting, leisure | -163 |
| Television | -385 |
Figure 5. Changes in time (in minutes per week) spent between 1981 to 1997 on activities by U.S. children aged nine to 12 years. Calculations based on data from Hofferth and Sandberg (5).
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
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| 1 hour or less | 28.9 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 32.4 | 34.8 | 35.6 | 34.1 |
| 2-3 hours | 41.9 | 41.3 | 41.8 | 41.0 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 38.9 | 39.9 |
| 4 hours or more | 29.1 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 26.3 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 26.0 |
Figure 6. Percentage of teenagers who spend one hour or less, two to three hours, or four hours or more watching television on average weekday, 1991-2001. Analysis based on annual data from Monitoring the Future (18). Reprinted with permission from Child Trends.
| 1/1/1978 | 1/1/1980 | 1/1/1982 | 1/1/1984 | 1/1/1988 | 1/1/1990 | 1/1/1992 | 1/1/1994 | 1/1/1996 | 1/1/1999 | |
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| age 13 | 31 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 34 | |
| age 17 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 35 |
Figure 7. Proportion of U.S. students doing one hour or more of homework. Data available for every other year starting 1978–1996 (except 1986), plus 1999; data not available for children aged 13 in 1978. Data from Gill and Schlossman (20). Copyright 2003 by the American Educational Research Association. Reprinted with permission from publisher.
| 1/1/1984 | 1/1/1988 | 1/1/1990 | 1/1/1992 | 1/1/1994 | 1/1/1996 | 1/1/1999 | |
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| Homework assigned yesterday | 64 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 74 |
| One hour or more | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
Figure 8. Homework trends for children aged nine years. Data available every other year 1984–1996 (except 1986), plus 1999. Data from Gill and Schlossman (20). Copyright 2003 by the American Educational Research Association. Reprinted with permission from publisher.
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