July 12, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Time use of youths of immigrant and native-born parents, 2003–2010

Average number of minutes per day teenagers with native-born and immigrant parents spend in various activities, 15- to 17-year-olds, 2003–2010
Activity	Average number of minutes per day spent in activity
Activity	Teenagers with native-born parent(s)	Teenagers with immigrant parent(s)
Total paid work	51.9	26.7
Household work
Total	49.9	57.6
Housework	38.4	40.8
Caregiving, own household	5.3	8.7
Caregiving, outside household	6.2	8.1
Education
Total	210.7	236.8
School	166.5	181.3
Study	37.9	50.0
Extracurricular activities	6.3	5.6
Time spent with at least one parent	143.6	145.3
Time spent with any relative (not including siblings)	172.6	150.5
Time spent with any relative (including siblings)	203.5	249.5

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