Apportioning Workweek Free Time, While Wishing There Was More Of It

Within living memory, concern about “work/life balance” was a luxury few people could afford. Today, it’s a conspicuous feature of daily life. A survey conducted for Beringer Founders’ Estate wines by Harris Interactive examines consumers’ attitudes about how they spend their time during the workweek—and how they’d like to spend it.

Severe disgruntlement is rare, as a mere 9 percent of working adults declared themselves “not at all satisfied” with their work/life balance. Still, just 18 percent said they’re “very satisfied” with it; 45 percent are merely “satisfied” and 37 percent “somewhat” so.