British people also spent nearly three hours a day watching T.V. since the prime minister introduced lockdown measures on March 23.
People in England and Wales are spending 147 percent more time gardening and doing DIY during lockdown, the Office for National Statistics says.
Watching TV or streaming videos was by far the most popular activity in this category, which took up 2 hours and 53 minutes a day on average. One of the most substantial increases was time spent on gardening and doing DIY, which increased by 147 percent to 39 minutes a day.When it came to work, the report, titled Coronavirus and how People Spent Their Time Under Lockdown: 28 March to 26 April 2020, said that those in England and Wales with the lowest household incomes increased their total time in paid work,"working a similar amount of time outside of the home as they did in 2014 to 2015.
One of the most substantial increases was time spent on gardening and doing DIY, which increased by 147 percent to 39 minutes a day.
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