alarm clockHow do you spend your time?

In 2005, The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a survey of 13,000 households asking about how the resident's spent their time.
The results are the ATUS - American Time Use Survey.

Average hours per weekday spent by high school students in various activities

Average hours per day
Employed
Not employed
Educational
5.7
6.1
Work and related
1.9
0.0
Sleeping
8.3
8.8
Socializing, relaxing, and leisure
2.8
3.7
Sports, exercise, and recreation
0.7
0.9
Religious, spiritual, and volunteer
0.4
0.3

NOTE: Data include persons ages 15 to 19 who were enrolled in high school.
Weekdays include non-holiday weekdays during Jan. - May 2005 and Sept. 2005 - Dec. 2005.
Data are annual averages for 2005. CHART of the data

Conduct a survey of your peers. Ask for similar data.

Create a spreadsheet to generate charts that show the data

Do your peers use their time in amounts that are similar to those polled in the ATUS?

Is there a question about time use that they did not ask?

What is the question?

How much time do you and your peers spend in that activity?

 

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People might want to change how a group of people spend their time. Examine their motives.

Why would a business owner want to change how you spend your time?

Why would a teacher want to change how kid's spend their time?

Why would a sports coach or band music director try to change kid's behavior?

 

Suppose you wanted to change how teens spend their time in a specific category.

Which one would you try to change?

Why would you want to change it?

How would you go about encouraging that change?

 

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"Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of." Ben Franklin

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Posted 7/2007 by Cynthia J. O'Hora This work is released to the public domain

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