Charts by Topic: Care of household children (by adults living in households with children)

Findings from the 2006 survey:

  • On weekdays, among adults living in households with children under 6, women spent 1.2 hours providing physical childcare (such as bathing or feeding a child) to household children; by contrast, men spent 0.4 hour (25 minutes). On weekends, women provided about an hour per day of physical childcare while men provided about 30 minutes.
  • Adults living in households with children under 6 spent an average of 5.6 hours per day providing secondary childcare—that is, they had at least 1 child under age 13 in their care while doing other things. Secondary childcare was most commonly performed while doing leisure activities (2.2 hours) or household activities (1.4 hours).
  • Adults living in households with children under 6 spent more time providing primary childcare on weekdays (2.1 hours) than on weekend days (1.7 hours). However, they spent less time providing secondary childcare on weekdays than weekend days—4.8 hours versus 7.5 hours.

Weekday time use of married women living with young children, by employment status
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  • Married women, ages 25 to 54, who were employed full-time and lived with a child under 6, spent fewer hours per weekday caring for household children than women who were not employed or only worked part-time. Women who worked full-time also spent fewer hours engaged in leisure and sports activities, household activities, and sleeping than women who were not employed or only worked part-time. (Data are from the 2006 survey.)

 


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Last Modified Date: August 28, 2007