Adult Participation in Selected Leisure Activities by Frequency, 2001
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
(numbers in thousands)
| Activity | Participated in the last 12 months | Frequency of participation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two or more times a week | Once a week | Two to three times a month | Once a month | |||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Attend music performances1 | 30,391 | 15.0% | 589 | 0.3% | 745 | 0.4% | 1,272 | 0.6% | 2,919 | 1.4% |
| Baking | 37,581 | 18.5 | 7,635 | 3.8 | 6,164 | 3.0 | 8,922 | 4.4 | 4,828 | 2.4 |
| Barbecuing | 66,588 | 32.8 | 10,171 | 5.0 | 10,867 | 5.4 | 15,394 | 7.6 | 9,157 | 4.5 |
| Board games | 35,789 | 17.7 | 2,812 | 1.4 | 3,425 | 1.7 | 6,186 | 3.1 | 6,372 | 3.1 |
| Cooking for fun | 34,374 | 17.0 | 10,510 | 5.2 | 6,539 | 3.2 | 5,481 | 2.7 | 3,493 | 1.7 |
| Crossword puzzles | 30,801 | 15.2 | 12,240 | 6.0 | 4,192 | 2.1 | 2,711 | 1.3 | 2,057 | 1.0 |
| Dining out | 104,989 | 51.8 | 21,503 | 10.6 | 26,281 | 13.0 | 25,053 | 12.4 | 11,800 | 5.8 |
| Entertain at home | 79,711 | 39.3 | 6,894 | 3.4 | 10,523 | 5.2 | 17,405 | 8.6 | 17,338 | 8.6 |
| Go to bars/night clubs | 41,806 | 20.6 | 3,506 | 1.7 | 5,766 | 2.8 | 8,165 | 4.0 | 6,192 | 3.1 |
| Go to beach | 52,187 | 25.7 | 3,265 | 1.6 | 2,578 | 1.3 | 4,974 | 2.5 | 5,377 | 2.7 |
| Go to live theater | 29,738 | 14.7 | 308 | 0.2 | 423 | 0.2 | 1,157 | 0.6 | 2,955 | 1.5 |
| Play cards | 42,504 | 21.0 | 5,353 | 2.6 | 4,228 | 2.1 | 6,312 | 3.1 | 7,280 | 3.6 |
| Reading books | 87,670 | 43.2 | 48,322 | 23.8 | 8,289 | 4.1 | 8,611 | 4.3 | 6,341 | 3.1 |
| Surf the Net | 54,851 | 27.1 | 32,820 | 16.2 | 7,574 | 3.7 | 4,432 | 2.2 | 2,182 | 1.1 |
1. Excluding country and rock.
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