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Childcare activities | Average hours per day adults spent caring for household children | ||||||||
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Total | Weekdays | Weekends and holidays | |||||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Children under age 18, total |
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Caring for household children as a primary activity |
1.45 | 1.12 | 1.73 | 1.53 | 1.10 | 1.91 | 1.26 | 1.17 | 1.33 |
Physical care |
0.45 | 0.27 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.28 | 0.64 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.54 |
Education-related activities |
0.08 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
Reading to/with children |
0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Talking to/with children |
0.05 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children |
0.29 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Looking after children |
0.08 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Attending children's events |
0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
Travel related to care of household children |
0.22 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
Other childcare activities |
0.17 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.04 |
Youngest child ages 6 to 17 |
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Caring for household children as a primary activity |
0.86 | 0.66 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 0.70 | 1.19 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.68 |
Physical care |
0.15 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
Education-related activities |
0.08 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.04 | (1)- | 0.06 |
Reading to/with children |
0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | (2)- | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Talking to/with children |
0.05 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children |
0.09 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
Looking after children |
0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
Attending children's events |
0.10 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.12 |
Travel related to care of household children |
0.20 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Other childcare activities |
0.14 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
Child under age 6 |
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Caring for household children as a primary activity |
2.32 | 1.83 | 2.73 | 2.34 | 1.67 | 2.93 | 2.26 | 2.24 | 2.27 |
Physical care |
0.90 | 0.56 | 1.19 | 0.90 | 0.54 | 1.23 | 0.89 | 0.62 | 1.10 |
Education-related activities |
0.07 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.08 | (2)- | 0.15 | 0.02 | (1)- | (1)- |
Reading to/with children |
0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
Talking to/with children |
0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | (1)- | 0.03 |
Playing/doing hobbies with children |
0.59 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.86 | 1.01 | 0.74 |
Looking after children |
0.14 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.15 | (1)- | (1)- | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
Attending children's events |
0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | (1)- | (1)- |
Travel related to care of household children |
0.24 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
Other childcare activities |
0.22 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.26 | (1)- | 0.28 | 0.13 | (1)- | 0.04 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Includes persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 18, whether or not they provided childcare. |