Comparison of Senior Leisure Activities in China and the United States from the Perspective of Cultural Differences

Table 3

Indoor activities of American seniors (percent of population who did the activity on an average day).

	Rank	Items	Age	Total	Men	Women
Most frequent leisure activities	1	Watching TV (video)	55–64	84.95	85.8	84.1
			65–74	88	89.3	86.7
			75+	90.3	91.9	88.7
	5	Surfing the Internet	55–64	13.2	11.2	15.2
			65–74	14.75	15.5	14
			75+	8.95	9.9	8
	3	Reading (books or newspapers)	55–64	27.3	24.3	30.3
			65–74	37.45	34.3	40.6
			75+	52.8	55.1	50.5
	8	Hobbies, like arts and crafts and collecting	55–64	1.55	1.1	2
			65–74	0.4	∼0	0.7
			75+	0.2	∼0	0.4
	2	Socializing and communicating	55–64	33.55	29.7	37.4
			65–74	38	34.1	41.9
			75+	36.25	32.4	40.1
	4	Relaxing, thinking	55–64	20.05	21.4	18.7
			65–74	18.9	19.8	18
			75+	28.4	27	29.8
	7	Listening to radio or music	55–64	3.1	3.2	3
			65–74	3.15	3.5	2.8
			75+	2.7	2	3.4
	6	Table game	55–64	7.2	4.4	10
			65–74	10.25	7.3	13.2
			75+	14.9	10	19.8

Notes. ^aData are from the American Time Use Survey. ^bThe average day measure reflects an average distribution across all persons in the reference population and all days of the week. ^c“∼0” indicates the estimate is approximately equal to zero.