More Lawn Care, Less Hair Care: Survey Shows U.S. Pandemic Habit
- Time spent on childcare, leisure and work-from-home all rose
- New government survey presents most detailed picture so far
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In the pandemic year of 2020, Americans spent a lot more of their days taking care of their kids or in front of screens and devoted less time to self-care, according to an extensive new government survey.
The latest edition of the annual Time Use Survey by Bureau of Labor Statistics, published on Thursday, presents what may be the broadest examination so far of what a typical day looked like for Americans living through a year of upheaval. Some of the shifts from the previous year are likely to persist into the future, as Covid-19 has spawned new economic trends -- and others may soon revert to the status quo ante.