Average hours per day parents spent caring for and helping household children as their main activity
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Average hours per day parents spent caring for and helping household children as their main activity, 2023 annual averages
Activity
Parents, child under age 18
Fathers, child under age 18
Mothers, child under age 18
Parents, youngest child 6-12 years
Fathers, youngest child 6-12 years
Mothers, youngest child 6-12 years
Parents, child under age 6
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Mothers, child under age 6
Total, caring for and helping household children
1.40 1.08 1.68 1.04 0.66 1.39 2.25 1.81 2.65
Physical care for household children
0.54 0.33 0.73 0.28 0.15 0.40 1.01 0.62 1.37
Reading to and with household children
0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.07
Playing with household children, not sports
0.31 0.32 0.29 0.10 0.09 0.11 0.62 0.65 0.60
Activities related to household children's education
0.09 0.03 0.14 0.14 0.07 0.21 0.08 0.02 0.13
Note:
United States Department of Labor
