How do people in different countries spend their time?
1–10 of 25 posts
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#2Fascinating statistics. I wish the charts had been designed in a way that made it easier to compare the numbers: for instance, I want to visually compare the number of hours that each country spends sleeping, but these charts force me to read the numbers instead of interpreting the graphics.
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#3They all look mostly the same, sure the French spend nearly double the time on "Personal Care" as Americans but when you're talking about 0.7 hours vs. 1.3 hours that's really not a big difference. I'd be a lot more interested in countries like Russia, China, and various places in the Middle East, Africa, and South America. More precise age groups would also be interesting.
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#4What exactly is "Other", and why does Germany do it so much more than other countries?
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#5They all look mostly the same, sure the French spend nearly double the time on "Personal Care" as Americans but when you're talking about 0.7 hours vs. 1.3 hours that's really not a big difference. I'd be a lot more interested in countries like Russia, China, and various places in the Middle East, Africa, and South America. More precise age groups would also be interesting.
I think the number on "Paid work and study" had quite significant differences (Japan 6.3, Germany 3.9 (which is less than France and surprisingly low)) and was very interesting.
But I definitely agree that numbers from a more diverse country sample could be very interesting.
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#6What exactly is "Other", and why does Germany do it so much more than other countries?
Conquering other countries.
More seriously, I can imagine it includes travel to work, which tends to be an epic journey through traffic jams in densely populated countries like Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands.
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#7What exactly is "Other", and why does Germany do it so much more than other countries?
Conquering other countries. More seriously, I can imagine it includes travel to work, which tends to be an epic journey through traffic jams in densely populated countries like Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands.
Then again, my experience of living both in the US and Germany is that driving plays by far a greater role in the US. Most places are 20-45 min away. In Germany, things like grocery stores, theaters, schools or restaurants tend to be closer to residential areas.
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#8How does the 'paid work' part relate to the average salaries in these countries?
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#9Fascinating statistics. I wish the charts had been designed in a way that made it easier to compare the numbers: for instance, I want to visually compare the number of hours that each country spends sleeping, but these charts force me to read the numbers instead of interpreting the graphics.
Pie charts are mostly useless...
I really don't see any reason for their usage here, except of their resemblance to the shape of the sun (and analog clock).
Re: How do people in different countries spend their time?
#10What exactly is "Other", and why does Germany do it so much more than other countries?
Conquering other countries. More seriously, I can imagine it includes travel to work, which tends to be an epic journey through traffic jams in densely populated countries like Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands.
[deleted]