Time and Money

Over the past couple of weeks I've stumbled on these three graphics. I'm always interested in statistics and human behavior, and these tell an interesting story about modern American culture. 


More than 1/3rd of the average persons time is spent at work or in related activities, like commuting. his is a little depressing, especially if you are in a job that doesn't bring you joy. I also wonder what the split of "Leisure and Sports" is for the leisure time and active time. Maybe 90/10? Also, eating and drinking is only 1.1 hours total? I think Janelle and I usually spend that much time cooking dinner every night.

Source: Dec. 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: Dec. 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics

The change between 1949 to 2011 was interesting. Looking at relative spending, we spend almost double on housing and transportation and about 40% as much on food than people used to. Part of this has to do with food costs being cheaper now, (for some things that are factory produced. We could debate whether or not some of these things are actually food, but people eat them...) In general though it seems to infer people have been more interested in stuff than they are about taking care of themselves.