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Temporal distribution, participation and average duration of daily activities

Temporal distribution, participation and average duration of daily activities Catalonia. 2024
Participation in the activity
Minutes % Minutes
Personal care 695.3 100.0 695.3
Sleeping 523.9 100.0 523.9
Eating 116.1 99.7 116.5
Other personal care 55.3 97.0 57.0
Employment 148.4 34.1 435.6
Main job and second job 146.9 33.1 444.1
Activities related to employment 1.5 3.3 45.3
Study 42.5 13.9 304.8
Unspecified studies z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
School or university 37.0 11.1 334.2
Free time study 5.5 4.0 137.3
Household and family care 159.4 87.1 183.0
Unspecified activities in home and family z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Food management 60.6 71.1 85.2
Household upkeep 32.9 52.4 62.9
Care for textiles 10.2 19.8 51.5
Gardening and pet care 12.3 14.3 86.2
Construction and repairs 2.7 2.6 103.7
Shopping and services 17.9 35.2 51.0
Household management 1.7 3.3 51.4
Childcare 18.9 16.5 113.9
Help to an adult household member 2.2 3.8 59.0
Voluntary work and meetings 11.5 11.6 99.4
Organisational work 1.1 0.6 174.3
Informal help to other households 7.4 7.9 94.5
Participatory and religious activities 3.0 3.6 83.4
Social life and entertainment 82.9 68.1 121.8
Social life 64.7 61.1 105.8
Entertainment and culture 7.1 5.5 129.7
Resting - time out 11.1 14.9 74.7
Sports and outdoor activities 40.9 38.6 105.9
Physical exercise 40.1 38.4 104.4
Productive exercise 0.3 0.2 162.3
Sports related activities 0.4 1.8 24.0
Hobbies 32.3 27.8 116.4
Arts and hobbies 5.2 4.4 118.4
Computing 10.3 12.9 80.4
Games 16.7 13.7 122.0
Mass media 140.9 81.4 173.2
Reading 13.0 15.7 82.9
TV, video and DVD 124.6 77.8 160.2
Radio and recordings 3.3 4.4 75.7
Travel and unspecified time use 85.8 87.6 98.0
Source: Idescat. Survey on the Use of Time.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: December 18, 2025.

Methodological note

The Survey on the Use of Time is a survey targeted at the population aged 10 and over, gathering information on the daily activities of the population over a period of twelve months, doing so through a personal activity log, a household questionnaire and an individual questionnaire.

Three editions of the Survey on the Use of Time have been carried out in Catalonia, one spanning the years 2002 and 2003 and conducted by the INE under an agreement with Idescat, and the 2010–2011 and 2024 editions, conducted by Idescat.

The production and design of the Survey on the Use of Time project was executed in accordance with the current directives issued by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) for the project of standardised European surveys on the use of time. This ensured the comparability of the results both at a national and international level.

The main aim of the Survey on the Use of Time is to obtain first-hand data on the scope of unpaid work taking place in the household, the distribution of responsibilities among the family members living there, the participation of the population in cultural and leisure activities, and the use of time of specific social groups (young people, the unemployed, seniors, etc.), all for the purpose of being able to formulate family-oriented and gender-equal policies, and estimate the satellite accounts of the household sector.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.