Counting the minutes

NYT Unemployment vs. Employment

How do you spend your days? According to the American Time Use Survey in the New York Times, there are striking differences between time spent by the employed versus the unemployed.

On an average weekday, the unemployed sleep an hour more than their employed peers. They tidy the house, do laundry and yard work for more than two hours, twice as much as the employed. The unemployed also spend an extra hour in the classroom and an additional 70 minutes in front of the television.

With just under 10% of the U.S. population unemployed, that’s a lot of extra sleep and housework.

Good also has another great infographic on this subject.

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