The changes in daily life induced by the COVID-19 pandemic brought renewed attention to longstanding concerns about social isolation in the United States. Despite the links between the physical setting for individuals’ daily lives and their connections with family, friends, and the various institutions of collective life, trends in where American adults spend their time have been largely overlooked as researchers have focused on how and with whom they spend their time. This article analyzes data from the American Time Use Survey over a timeframe spanning nineteen years and argues that the changes in Americans’ daily routines induced by the COVID era should be seen as an acceleration of a longer-term trend: the rise of time spent at home. Results show that from 2003 to 2022, average time spent at home among American adults has risen by one hour and 39 minutes in a typical day. Time at home has risen for every subset of the population and for virtually all activities. Preliminary analysis indicates that time at home is associated with lower levels of happiness and less meaning, suggesting the need for enhanced empirical attention to this major shift in the setting of American life.

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COVID-19 大流行引发的日常生活变化让人们重新关注美国长期以来对社会隔离的担忧。尽管个人日常生活的物质环境与他们与家人、朋友和各种集体生活机构的联系之间存在联系，但美国成年人消磨时间的趋势在很大程度上被忽视了，因为研究人员关注的是他们如何以及与谁在一起花他们的时间。本文分析了美国时间使用调查在 19 年时间范围内的数据，并认为新冠病毒时代引起的美国人日常生活的变化应被视为长期趋势的加速：花在工作上的时间增加。家。结果显示，从 2003 年到 2022 年，美国成年人平均每天呆在家里的时间增加了 1 小时 39 分钟。对于每个人群和几乎所有活动来说，在家的时间都增加了。初步分析表明，在家的时间与较低的幸福水平和较少的意义相关，这表明需要加强对美国生活环境这一重大转变的实证关注。

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