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The most popular activity for Lithuanians at home is watching TV. They spend more time on this activity than on socializing with family members, reading books, or doing sports. This was shown by a representative survey conducted in September by the market and public opinion research company Spinter Research, which was initiated by the real estate development company Eika.
The most popular activity for Lithuanians at home is watching TV. They spend more time on this activity than on socializing with family members, reading books, or doing sports. This was shown by market and public opinion research companies“Spinter research“A representative survey conducted in September, initiated by a real estate development company “Go“.
The survey asked what Lithuanians usually do at home, how much time they spend on their family and home. As many as 62 percent of respondents admitted that they turn on the TV in their free time, while less than half – 46 percent – of those surveyed devote free time to their family.
“Most Lithuanians perceive their home primarily as a space where they can relax and unwind. In other words, home is a place where they can simply do nothing. That is why watching TV is so popular. However, it is surprising that TV often takes up most of their free time. The part that could be reserved for the best evening conversationalists – family members,” says Martynas Žibūda, Development Director at Eika.
Psychotherapist Oleg Lapin says that watching television is like a trance that a person enters in search of inner peace.
“Our ancestors looked at the flames of a campfire in a cave, and we look at screens. We turn on a movie, play a computer game, or mindlessly press the remote control and travel through the channels. It’s like going into a trance, which sometimes helps restore inner balance, but this habit can eventually cause the family and home to suffer,” says O. Lapinas.
According to him, the most enjoyable moments for family members are unplanned ones, such as when the electricity goes out at home. Then they rediscover each other. They sit by candlelight, talk, often together for the first time in many years. There are families that still play board games in the evenings, but, as the psychotherapist says, the number of such families is decreasing.
“Most people simply don’t have time for active recreation. If a person returns home at 6–7 p.m., they only have time to have dinner, clean up, and briefly chat with their family. Therefore, on the afternoon of November 20, Home Day, we not only invite you to be at home with your family. We also want to draw attention to people’s leisure time, to spending quality time at home. After all, homes provide energy and strength. In them we find warmth and inner peace, which we all cherish. We invite employers to offer their employees to return home earlier at least once a year – at 3 p.m.,” says M. Žibūda.
Men and women have different habits at home. According to the results of a study initiated by Eika, men watch TV slightly more often (66%) than women (58%). Men also spend more time playing on the computer.
The study showed that 29 percent of Lithuanians play computer games at home, and about 16 percent of respondents read books. About 43 percent of Lithuanians spend their time cleaning the house, 39 percent – preparing dinner. Only 10 percent of Lithuanians exercise at home.
About the Eika group of companies
Founded in 1992, Eika is one of the largest real estate development and construction groups in Lithuania. The group of companies consists of: UAB Eika – a leader in the real estate market, valued for its innovation, reliability and responsibility; UAB Eikos statyba – a construction company with extensive experience in the construction and renovation of administrative, public, commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
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