August 29, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

How do married parents use their time?

Average percent of married fathers (employed full time with household children age 18) and married mothers (with husbands employed full time and household children under age 18) engaged in selected activities per weekday, 2009 annual averages
	Married fathers				Married mothers
Activity	All	Wife employed full time	Wife employed part time	Wife not employed	All	Employed full time	Employed part time	Not employed
Housework	15.1	18.5	14.4	11.6	60.2	44.9	65.4	78.9
Food preparation and cleanup	43.8	50.2	44.5	36.0	84.6	78.7	89.0	90.3
Childcare (for household children)	56.3	59.1	60.4	51.4	86.8	81.0	89.8	93.2

These data are featured in the TED article, How do married parents use their time?.

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