Active Ageing Level and Time Use of Elderly Persons in a Thai Suburban Community

Table 5

Comparative time use with other ageing studies.

Activities	Thailand; This study	France; [22]	Canada; [19]	USA; [23]
	Mean (24 hours)
Basic ADL	2.34	(Data unavailable)	2.26	2.71
Instrumental ADL	2.79	2.40	3.56	2.62
Rest and sleep	8.58	(Data unavailable)	7.89	8.80
Education	2.00	1.50	0.54	(Data unavailable)
Work	4.89	7.40	4.57	0.87
Leisure	6.34	4.10	3.41	6.17
Social participation	2.67	2.70	1.74	1.88