Table 10.  Time spent providing secondary childcare for household children under 13 by sex of adult (1) and age of youngest child by day of week, average for the
       combined years 2003-07                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                               Average hours per day spent caring for household children (3)            
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                        
                            Childcare activities (2)                                     Total                        Weekdays              Weekends and holidays (4)   
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                              Total      Men      Women      Total      Men      Women      Total      Men       Women  
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                        
       Persons in households with children under 13, total..............       5.30     4.12        6.28      4.35     2.99       5.47       7.50      6.70      8.17   
        Caring for household children as a secondary activity in                                                                                                        
         conjunction with:                                                                                                                                              
          Personal care activities......................................        .28      .19         .35       .25      .17        .31        .34       .23       .43   
          Household activities..........................................       1.26      .71        1.72      1.07      .49       1.56       1.69      1.21      2.10   
          Purchasing goods and services.................................        .41      .27         .52       .32      .16        .44        .62       .51       .71   
          Working and work-related activities...........................        .20      .16         .23       .22      .15        .27        .15       .18       .13   
          Eating and drinking...........................................        .65      .56         .71       .53      .44        .62        .90       .85       .94   
          Leisure and sports............................................       2.10     1.94        2.22      1.64     1.40       1.85       3.14      3.18      3.11   
          Other activities..............................................        .42      .29         .52       .31      .17        .42        .66       .55       .75   
                                                                                                                                                                        
          Persons in households with youngest child 6 to 12, total......       4.86     3.90        5.65      3.76     2.73       4.61       7.41      6.61      8.08   
           Caring for household children as a secondary activity in                                                                                                     
            conjunction with:                                                                                                                                           
            Personal care activities....................................        .27      .19         .33       .23      .17        .29        .34       .23       .44   
            Household activities........................................       1.13      .70        1.48       .87      .45       1.22       1.73      1.29      2.10   
            Purchasing goods and services...............................        .31      .20         .40       .22      .11        .32        .51       .40       .60   
            Working and work-related activities.........................        .21      .17         .24       .22      .16        .27        .17       .20       .15   
            Eating and drinking.........................................        .56      .49         .61       .44      .38        .50        .81       .77       .85   
            Leisure and sports..........................................       1.98     1.85        2.09      1.49     1.30       1.65       3.13      3.13      3.13   
            Other activities............................................        .41      .30         .49       .28      .18        .36        .71       .59       .81   
                                                                                                                                                                        
          Persons in households with youngest child under 6, total......       5.62     4.27        6.74      4.77     3.18       6.09       7.56      6.77      8.23   
           Caring for household children as a secondary activity in                                                                                                     
            conjunction with:                                                                                                                                           
            Personal care activities....................................        .29      .20         .36       .26      .18        .33        .34       .23       .42   
            Household activities........................................       1.35      .71        1.89      1.22      .52       1.80       1.67      1.15      2.10   
            Purchasing goods and services...............................        .48      .32         .61       .38      .20        .53        .69       .59       .78   
            Working and work-related activities.........................        .19      .15         .22       .21      .14        .27        .14       .16       .12   
            Eating and drinking.........................................        .71      .61         .79       .60      .48        .70        .96       .91      1.01   
            Leisure and sports..........................................       2.18     2.01        2.32      1.75     1.48       1.99       3.15      3.21      3.09   
            Other activities............................................        .42      .28         .54       .34      .17        .47        .62       .52       .71   
       
          1 Persons 18 years and over living in households with children under 13, whether or not they provided childcare.
          2 All major activity categories include related travel time.  See Technical Note for activity category definitions.
          3 Secondary childcare time is defined as time one has a child under 13 "in his or her care" while doing something else as a main activity; information on
       secondary childcare is not collected for children over 12 years.  Estimates include a small amount of care provided to own, nonhousehold children.
          4 Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Data were not collected about
       Christmas Day in 2003; Thanksgiving Day in 2003-05; and New Year’s Day in 2007.