British people also spent nearly three hours a day watching T.V. since the prime minister introduced lockdown measures on March 23.
People in England and Wales are spending 147 percent more time gardening and doing DIY during lockdown, the Office for National Statistics says. In a study into how people are spending their time in lockdown, which was imposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on March 23 to combat the spread of COVID-19, British people also increased the amount of time they spent on entertainment, socializing and other free time by 44 minutes a day.
Watching TV or streaming videos was by far the most popular activity in this category, which took up 2 hours and 53 minutes a day on average. Less popular was reading, taking up on average 28 minutes a day, with people spending 26 minutes playing games, including computer games, and 16 minutes a day contacting friends and family via phone or messaging services. One of the most substantial increases was time spent on gardening and doing DIY, which increased by 147 percent to 39 minutes a day.When it came to work, the report, titled Coronavirus and how People Spent Their Time Under Lockdown: 28 March to 26 April 2020, said that those in England and Wales with the lowest household incomes increased their total time in paid work,"working a similar amount of time outside of the home as they did in 2014 to 2015." It is an indicator that those from lower-income households are in occupations that cannot be undertaken from home. This compared with people with the highest household incomes continuing to work the same amount on average. One of the most substantial increases was time spent on gardening and doing DIY, which increased by 147 percent to 39 minutes a day. There was understandably a substantial reduction in the amount of time people spent traveling, with the average adult"spending 1 hour and 6 minutes less a day either commuting or using transport in general." The report's authors write:"The reduction in travel time was greater for those in paid employment, at 1 hour and 19 minutes a day, with those living in households with higher incomes making more substantial time savings than those on lower incomes." The gap in unpaid work being carried out between men and women, which includes unpaid childcare as well as housework and volunteering fell during the lockdown.
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