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. 2010 Aug 19;10:503. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-503

Table 2.

Parent-child conversation time by family structure

Intact (n = 30749) Maternal (n = 1598) Paternal (n = 360)

n (%) n (%) n (%)
Average conversation time (min) with mother/day
 None 4.1 7.4 -
 < 1 4.5 6.1 -
 1-4 9.4 13.6 -
 5-9 11.9 12.0 -
 10-19 16.0 16.9 -
 20-29 13.4 10.7 -
 30 or above 40.7 33.2 -
Average conversation time (min) with father/day
 None 9.3 - 19.8
 < 1 12.0 - 13.6
 1-4 17.4 - 18.7
 5-9 15.3 - 11.0
 10-19 15.8 - 15.3
 20-29 9.0 - 7.1
 30 or above 21.3 - 14.7