Question

Please some information on ....'''how teenagers spend free time '' for group discussion ...plzzz its urgent

Answer 1

Teenagers are not sitting in front of the television all day, but they are keeping busy at other activities! The General Social Survey (GSS) collected time use data in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Time-use data examines time use over a 24 hour period on a diary day. The analysis in this fact sheet looks at time use by participation rate (number of people reporting an activity) and by the number of minutes spent on an activity1. The data show that teenagers2 aged 15 to 19 were spending less time in front of the television but were spending more time working at a paid job and using the Internet in 2005. Among teenagers aged 15 to 19 years old the percentage watching television has decreased over the last 20 years. About 75% of teenagers in 1986 watched television, compared to 71% in 2005. For almost all other age groups television watching has more or less stayed the same. In 1986, 15 to 19 year old boys watched an average of 3.2 hours of television a day and girls in the same age group watched 2.8 hours. In 2005, teenaged boys watched an average of 2.6 hours of television a day and girls watched 2.2 hours. Chart 1 Decline in watching television for teens, 15 to 19 years old, 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005