How People Use Their (Reduced Amount of) Free Time

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After two decades of stability, Americans’ leisure time took a dive in this year’s edition of a recurring Harris Poll. Released earlier this month (based on polling fielded in October), the survey put the median weekly hours of leisure time for U.S. adults at 16 — down four hours from last year. The figure had been either 19 or 20 hours in polls dating back to 1989.

It’s not that Americans are working significantly more this year than in the recent past.

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