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By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Allen
(Reuters) â Americans watched more TV last year, played more computer games, thought and read a bit more, caught up on a little sleep and on average spent an extra hour each day alone and two additional hours wrangling or educating their kids.
Exercise? Meh.
The pandemic upended daily life for much of 2020, and updated government data released Thursday pinned down by just how much.
The American Time Use Survey, a detailed accounting from the Labor Department of what people do each day, confirmed much of what is already known or suspected about the months under lockdown and quarantine, from the increased burdens of childcare, particularly for women, to the jump in home-based work.
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By Syndicated Content
By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Allen
(Reuters) â Americans watched more TV last year, played more computer games, thought and read a bit more, caught up on a little sleep and on average spent an extra hour each day alone and two additional hours wrangling or educating their kids.
Exercise? Meh.
The pandemic upended daily life for much of 2020, and updated government data released Thursday pinned down by just how much.
The American Time Use Survey, a detailed accounting from the Labor Department of what people do each day, confirmed much of what is already known or suspected about the months under lockdown and quarantine, from the increased burdens of childcare, particularly for women, to the jump in home-based work.
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