BroadElderberry
BroadElderberry t1_j4e3fe5 wrote
Reply to comment by tfcallahan1 in How do people across the world spend their time and what does this tell us about living conditions? by kraken_enrager
You can go down that rabbit hole for years. Unemployment rates in each country will also skew numbers. So can social security/retirement qualifications. For an analysis like this, you have to pick a range, and you have to apply it equally against all test subjects (in this case, countries).
I'd guess they made their choice based on a calculated averages of starting/stopping work.
BroadElderberry t1_j4b71p7 wrote
Reply to comment by greenappletree in How do people across the world spend their time and what does this tell us about living conditions? by kraken_enrager
I mean, that's how averages work. They're one view of the data, that includes the extreme values. They aren't a complete picture, but they have their value.
In this chart, the exact values aren't what's being showcased, it's more how values compare between countries.
BroadElderberry t1_j46tzda wrote
Reply to comment by value_bet in How do people across the world spend their time and what does this tell us about living conditions? by kraken_enrager
It's an average over ages 15-64. So they're including a lot of people whose work hours are close to 0, which is going to lower the average.
BroadElderberry t1_j4hnr86 wrote
Reply to comment by tfcallahan1 in How do people across the world spend their time and what does this tell us about living conditions? by kraken_enrager
I think it does. It gives average times spent on certain activities for people aged 15-64 across several countries. As long as you understand what each of the bolded phrases mean and the influence they have on the outcome, it's a very useful and interesting graph.
There's a reason statistics is an entire field. Making assumptions or expecting a graph to say something it isn't is super easy to do.