
An official website of the United States government
Childcare activities(1) | Average hours per day adults spent caring for household children(2) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Weekdays | Weekends and holidays | |||||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Children under age 13, total |
|||||||||
Total |
5.20 | 4.53 | 5.72 | 4.14 | 3.27 | 4.81 | 7.71 | 7.33 | 8.04 |
Personal care activities |
0.28 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.40 |
Household activities |
1.24 | 0.86 | 1.53 | 0.95 | 0.57 | 1.23 | 1.93 | 1.50 | 2.30 |
Purchasing goods and services |
0.32 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.53 |
Working and work-related activities |
0.45 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
Eating and drinking |
0.70 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.60 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.03 |
Leisure and sports |
1.80 | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.26 | 1.13 | 1.36 | 3.07 | 3.22 | 2.94 |
Other activities |
0.41 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.65 |
Youngest child ages 6 to 12 |
|||||||||
Total |
4.98 | 4.27 | 5.58 | 3.78 | 2.95 | 4.48 | 7.90 | 7.39 | 8.35 |
Personal care activities |
0.27 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.44 |
Household activities |
1.06 | 0.75 | 1.33 | 0.74 | 0.45 | 0.98 | 1.86 | 1.47 | 2.21 |
Purchasing goods and services |
0.27 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.67 |
Working and work-related activities |
0.51 | 0.26 | 0.73 | 0.64 | (3)- | 0.93 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.22 |
Eating and drinking |
0.61 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.95 |
Leisure and sports |
1.86 | 1.89 | 1.83 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 3.32 | 3.45 | 3.20 |
Other activities |
0.39 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.66 |
Child under age 6 |
|||||||||
Total |
5.41 | 4.81 | 5.85 | 4.49 | 3.61 | 5.10 | 7.53 | 7.28 | 7.76 |
Personal care activities |
0.29 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.36 |
Household activities |
1.40 | 0.98 | 1.72 | 1.15 | 0.71 | 1.46 | 1.99 | 1.53 | 2.38 |
Purchasing goods and services |
0.36 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.68 | 0.40 |
Working and work-related activities |
0.38 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.48 | (3)- | 0.45 | 0.16 | (3)- | 0.16 |
Eating and drinking |
0.79 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.11 |
Leisure and sports |
1.74 | 1.68 | 1.78 | 1.26 | 1.03 | 1.42 | 2.85 | 3.01 | 2.71 |
Other activities |
0.44 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.64 |
Footnotes |
|||||||||
NOTE: Includes persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 13 years, whether or not they provided childcare. |