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. 2023 Jul 7;11:1120253. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1120253

Table 3.

Mean number of hours spent on different activities, last normal day, 12 months.

Activity Overall Control Intervention I-C difference p-value
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) (95% CI)
Total respondents 704 347 357
Household chores 6.556 6.460 6.649 0.188 0.551
(2.424) (2.306) (2.532) (−0.466/0.843)
Praying 0.015 0.016 0.014 −0.002 0.654
(0.071) (0.075) (0.066) (−0.012/0.008)
Income generating activities 0.364 0.336 0.391 0.055 0.560
(1.025) (0.919) (1.119) (−0.145/0.257)
Caring for the elderly 0.002 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.054
(.0263) (0.000) (0.036) (0.000/0.007)
Leisure 2.970 2.950 2.990 0.040 0.771
(1.652) (1.601) (1.701) (−0.386/0.467)
Travelling 0.212 0.179 0.244 0.064 0.358
(0.846) (0.813) (0.877) (−0.079/0.209)
Other activities 0.864 0.908 0.821 −0.086 0.438
(1.312) (1.216) (1.399) (−0.304/0.131)
Child care activities (0–2 years) 3.399 3.392 3.406 0.013 0.990
(2.124) (1.873) (2.344) (−0.591/0.618)
 Caring for children (general) 0.540 0.575 0.506 −0.068 0.396
(0.529) (0.555) (0.502) (−0.192/0.054)
 Bathing children 0.229 0.248 0.211 −0.036 0.287
(0.459) (0.624) (0.191) (−0.108/0.034)
 Feeding/breastfeeding the baby 1.859 1.803 1.913 0.109 0.611
(1.368) (1.155) (1.547) (−0.259/0.477)
 Changing baby's clothes/diaper 0.142 0.159 0.126 −0.033 0.104
(0.168) (0.191) (0.140) (−0.072/0.006)
 To calm/quieten a crying baby 0.163 0.165 0.162 −0.003 0.964
(0.459) (0.429) (0.487) (−0.115/0.109)
 Playing with children 0.462 0.439 0.485 0.045 0.596
(0.876) (0.782) (0.958) (−0.115/0.206)
 Talking or reading to the child 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.710
(0.024) (0.017) (0.029) (−0.003/0.004)
Caring for children older than 2 years 0.283 0.257 0.308 0.05 0.340
(0.544) (0.505) (0.579) (−0.057/0.159)
In bed during the night 9.331 9.292 9.370 0.077 0.704