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    Average hours per day parents spent caring for and helping household children as their main activity Charts related to the latest "American Time Use Survey" news release   |  
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 Average hours per day parents spent caring for and helping household children as their main activity, 2022 annual averages


Activity
	Parents, child under age 18
	Fathers, child under age 18
	Mothers, child under age 18
	Parents, youngest child 6-12 years
	Fathers, youngest child 6-12 years
	Mothers, youngest child 6-12 years
	Parents, child under age 6
	Fathers, child under age 6
	Mothers, child under age 6Total, caring for and helping household children
	1.34
	0.94
	1.69
	1.01
	0.72
	1.26
	2.07
	1.47
	2.59Physical care for household children
	0.53
	0.32
	0.72
	0.31
	0.20
	0.40
	0.94
	0.56
	1.27Reading to and with household children
	0.05
	0.04
	0.06
	0.03
	0.02
	0.03
	0.09
	0.07
	0.11Playing with household children, not sports
	0.31
	0.27
	0.34
	0.09
	0.09
	0.10
	0.64
	0.56
	0.71Activities related to household children's education
	0.10
	0.05
	0.13
	0.14
	0.08
	0.20
	0.08
	0.04
	0.11Note:Some caring activities are not shown.Data refer to persons 15 years and over.
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