High School Students and their Time


Family Time
  • 62% feel they are always or frequently feel rushed to keep up with school, jobs, family, and social lives (based on national survey of 662 high school seniors)
  • 45% spend nine hours or more each week with their family
  • 79% live with both parents
  • Senior year students spend an average of 10 hours a week with their families in a week
  • 43% said they would like to increase the amount of time they spend with their families
  • 55% said they would like to spend the same amount of time with their families
Holding a Job
  • Outside of school, students spend 16 hours per week earning money
  • 67% work at least 10 hours a week and 44% work 20 hours or more at jobs
  • 51% believe they work enough and would not take additional hours if given the opportunity
  • 41% said they would cut down on television viewing to make time for additional employment
A Typical Week
  • 35% of high school seniors said they eat dinner with their family twice a week or less often
  • Students spend six hours a week with their significant other
  • 39% spend this time talking
  • 32% hang out at home
  • 10% make out
  • Students spend six hours a week on the phone
  • Students spend more than four hours a month on community service
A Typical School Day
  • Students feel that 26% of classroom time is wasted
  • In school two hours is spent on the computer and two hours spent on home computers to complete schoolwork
  • 70% of this country's high school seniors plan to attend a four year college after they graduate
Priorities and Goals
  • 66% of students would rather watch television than read a book
  • 70% would rather go shopping than watch television
  • The average student accomplishes 76% of the work he/she plans each day
  • 47% use a personal planner
  • 68% of students would like to get more exercise
  • 68% would like to improve their grades
  • 60% believe they should eat better
Gender Differences
  • 73% of females vs. 47% of males are likely to clean
  • 69 % of females vs. 32% of males do laundry
  • 53% of females vs. 30% of males cook
  • 66% of females vs. 60% of males run errands
  • 29% of females vs. 19% of males baby-sit
  • 35% of females vs. 23% males grocery shop
  • 72% of males vs. 31% of females mow the lawn
  • 69% of males vs. 32% of females take the garbage out
  • 51% of males vs. 23% of females maintain the family car
  • 29% of females surveyed said they always or frequently feel rushed, only 18% of males felt the same way
Community Time
  • 49% said they were involved in community service, spending and average of 4.6 hours per month on this type of work
  • 35% of students involved in community activities felt they spent more time on community service than their peers
  • Students talk on the phone an average of 6 hours a week
Time Anxiety Bridges Generation Gap
  • 62% of the nation's workers almost always feel rushed to accomplish the things they need to do
  • 54% of students described themselves as extremely or very happy
  • 73% of students exercise three or more times a week, 37% of American workforce works out regularly
  • 78% of adults say that getting more exercise is a goal and 68% of high school seniors believe they need to work out more
  • Adults spend 46 hours on the job each week while teenagers spend 16 hours
  • 40% of adults describe themselves as extremely or very successful compared with 52% of students


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