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American’s in general spend 8 hours a week less at work than they did in 1965. That conclusion was reached in a research project released by The Heritage Foundation on August 31, 2007. That is even including work commute time as work time. While the average working hours have decreased by 8 hours, the average hours spent doing leisure activities increased by 7 hours. Males/Females The national average of American males doing compensated work (including commute time) is about 40 hours. He also spends 3.7 more hours than a man did in 1965 doing household and shopping chores. Including the extra time he works doing household duties, he still spends 7.9 less hours working than his counterpart did in the mid 1960s. Today’s typical American woman also works about 8 hours less than she did in 1965. The study say’s today's female spends 11.6 fewer hours doing household chores than her 1965 counterpart. Women doing compensated work spend 3 hours more on the job than in 1965.  Higher Income/Lower Income An interesting caveat of the study shows that lower income Americans spend less time working and more time enjoying leisure activity than their higher paid counterparts. According to the study, this partly explains why their incomes are lower. The study further concludes that the debate over the living standards of the so called “haves and have nots†ignore an important fact. That fact is that the American economy has raised the quality of life of Americans across the board. In other words, the rich may be richer but the poor are also richer than they use to be as well. To read the study and delve deeper into the numbers go to www.heritage.org    09/2007 Kazwell Newsletter 
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