July 01, 2010

Average time spent caring for household children, 2005–2009

Average hours per day spent caring for household children under 18, by age of youngest child, for the combined years 2005–2009
	Average hours per day spent caring for household children by persons in households with youngest child 6 to 17 years	Average hours per day spent caring for household children by persons in households with youngest child under 6
Physical care	0.15	0.81
Education-related activities	0.12	0.08
Reading to/with children	0.02	0.06
Talking to/with children	0.07	0.03
Playing/doing hobbies with children	0.06	0.52
Looking after children	0.04	0.11
Attending children's events	0.08	0.04
Travel related to care of household children	0.16	0.19
Other childcare activities	0.09	0.14

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