Americans plan on doing more jogging, but their interest in playing ice hockey is on the decline. Active vacations such as swimming and hiking are on the rise, but Americans’ interest in racquetball ...

Women now have less leisure time than they did 15 years ago, while men are taking more time for themselves. That’s according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics in the UK this ...

Just because you aren't actively working on something doesn't mean you can't be productive. Personal finance blog The Simple Dollar points out that there are two types of free time: leisure time, ...

Struggling to decide whether to spend another hour at the office or take a late afternoon stroll? Put on your walking shoes. Making leisure time a priority is good for your mental health. For many, ...

Mint.com writer Matthew Amster-Burton recently posted a conundrum he was puzzling through. He'd just helped his daughter's school library raise money through a book sale. To organize it, he'd taken a ...

Objective: To test the hypothesis that physical leisure time activities reduce the risk of developing persistent fatigue. Methods: The hypothesis was tested in a sample that was homogeneous with ...

If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised to learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago. We actually have more leisure time, and quite a bit more.

It’s well documented that women still aren’t earning as much as men–less than three quarters of the salary for the same work in many industries–but the gender wage gap isn’t the only issue. There’s ...

Toddler sitting in laundry basket, parents folding clothes, girl hiding under basket Correspondent We’ve known for a long time that mothers spend more time on childcare and housework than fathers in ...