Time after time:
On average couples spend about 2½ hours a day together. There is wide variation in this figure.The time spent together on weekdays is much lower than at weekends (2hrs compared to 3½ hrs). The presence of children decreases the amount of time couples spend together, falling from about 2½ hrs on a weekday for couples without children, to about 1¼ hours on a weekday for couples with children.
Unsurprisingly, retired couples spend longer together, while those in full-time work spend less time together. And interestingly, cohabiting couples spend about half an hour less per day together than married couples.
The most common shared activity for most groups is TV watching, accounting for about a third of all shared time together (about an hour per day), followed by eating together (about half an hour per day).-National Statistics, UK
