| dc.description.abstract | Women and men have similar patterns of spending their time across Europe but there are also some remarkable differences between the countries investigated. The total time spent on gainful work/study and domestic work (definition of activities, see methodological notes) varies between 6 and 7 hours per day when taking an average over the whole year - all weekends and holidays included, see figures 1-3. The time is highest in Slovenia and Hungary and lowest in Belgium and Finland. Daily commuting and travel time is around 1 hour, somewhat more in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Belgium and somewhat less in France and Hungary. Free time is time devoted to television-video or to other media, leisure time (sports, hobbies, resting and unspecified leisure) and socializing time (participatory activities, social life, entertainment and culture). These activities occupy 41/4 to 6/4 hours per day, more in Norway and Finland and less in France and Hungary. Volunteer work and informal help to other households is classified with free time in the figures |
