According to the questionnaire surveys and investigation in ten housing estates in PRD, general study and quantificational analysis were done to reflect the characteristics of time distribution of nine activities. The conclusion indicates that individual factors such as age, gender, occupation and education are being connected with choice of types of recreational activities or their lasting time, but they influence these activities at different degrees; recreational behavior influences planning and design of housing estates in many ways.Finally, some more scientism and humanism in planning and designing of housing estates were put forward.