single in kind thing that surprised...

single in kind thing that surprised researchers was the amount of television populace watch, said Bureau of Labor Statistics economist Rachel Krantz-Kent. The tube accounts for about half of America's leisure time, she said.

Of the 79 percent of Americans who reported watching TV in succession the day they were interviewed about, respondent hogsheaded in for an average of about 3 hours and 15 minutes. Men watched about 3oe hours a day compared with women who watched about 3 hours.

TV is "the 800-pound gorilla of American leisure," said John Robinson, director of the American Use of Time contrive at the University of Maryland.

Robinson, who has studied in what manner people spend their days for 40 years, said the amount of time exhausted watching TV has almost doubled since 1965 according to his analysis.

although computer use may be nibbling at the verges of time devoted to watching TV Robinson noted the explosion of cable channels. "There's something forward there somebody likes," he said.

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