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A recent survey on how people in Türkiye use their time shows a clear difference between men's and women’s leisure activities. Men spend much more time playing games, while women spend more time on arts and hobbies.
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) Time Use Survey, people in Türkiye spend an average of four hours and 34 minutes each day on leisure activities. This includes socializing, entertainment, sports, hobbies, games, and media use.
Out of this leisure time, 39.5% was spent watching TV, videos, or DVDs. Another 29% went to social activities, and 15.6% was used for rest.
Looking at gaming, which includes console, computer, and board games, there is a big difference between men and women. Men spent 8% of their leisure time on games, while women spent only 2.3%.
The pattern is reversed for arts and hobbies. Women spent 2.5% of their leisure time on creative activities, which is five times as much as the 0.5% men spent.
Men spent 4.7% of their leisure time exercising, while women spent 3.3% overall. But among women, those who work exercised at the same rate as men, 4.7%, while non-working women exercised only 3% of the time.
For men, the trend was the opposite. Non-working men exercised a bit more, at 4.9%, compared to 4.6% for working men.
A similar pattern showed up in reading. Working women read 4.7% of the time, almost twice as much as non-working women, who read 2.8%. For men, the difference was smaller: working men read 1.8%, while non-working men read 2%.
The survey also found that people spent about nine hours a day sleeping. Meals and personal care took up three hours and 15 minutes, and work made up two hours and 25 minutes of the average day.
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