The pandemic upended every aspect of daily life last year — work, leisure, even sleep. New government data paints the most detailed picture yet of just how fundamental those disruptions were. Americans spent nearly 10 waking hours a day at home in 2020, compared with less than eight hours a day in 2019. Seniors, in particular, spent more than eight hours a day alone in 2020. Those numbers are from the American Time Use Survey, which every year asks thousands of people to track, minute by minute, how they spend their day.

Source: New York Times July 22, 2021 17:31 UTC