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Who Americans spend their time with, by age

Average time spent with others is measured in minutes per day, and recorded by the age of the respondent. This is based on averages from surveys spanning 2009 to
2019.

1580203040506070Time spent with friendsTime spent with childrenTime spent with familyTime spent with partnerTime spent with coworkersTime spent alone

Source: American Time Use Survey (2009-2019) and Lindberg (2017)

Note: Relationships used to categorize people are not exhaustive. Additionally, time spent with multiple people can be counted more than once (e.g. attending a party with friends and spouse counts for
both “friends” and “partner”)