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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Aug 23;83(6):2089–2103. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01826.x

Table 1. Cross-Time Mean Percentages (and Standard Deviations) of Social and Dyadic Time With Mothers and Fathers in Activity Categories for Firstborns (FBs) and Secondborns (SBs).

Social time
Dyadic time
Mothers Fathers Mothers Fathers
Work FBs 10.00 (6.69)a 9.44 (8.86)a 41.67 (21.09)b 34.54 (23.42)c
SBs 9.50 (6.95)a 9.07 (7.90)a 42.99 (19.25)b 33.04 (23.32)c
Media use FBs 12.54 (10.76)a 12.74 (10.50)a 13.43 (14.93)b 21.84 (22.97)c
SBs 11.96 (9.62)a 12.15 (9.93)a 14.52 (13.99)b 19.11 (19.69)c
Leisure FBs 26.56 (12.86)a 29.51 (14.99)b 17.10 (15.07)c 19.76 (17.93)c
SBs 29.42 (13.25)a 30.70 (15.60)a 17.47 (16.18)b 24.46 (19.91)c
Eat meals FBs 42.77 (14.58)a 41.93 (15.00)a 11.11 (13.96)b 7.46 (10.66)c
SBs 41.03 (13.28)a 41.11 (15.24)a 10.40 (11.27)b 7.88 (10.75)c
Other entertainment FBs 8.13 (7.16)a 6.38 (6.60)a 16.68 (14.28)b 16.39 (17.50)b
SBs 8.10 (6.63)a 6.25 (6.31)a 14.63 (13.35)b 15.50 (16.99)b

Note.

a

Scores with different subscripts within each row are significantly different, p < .05.

b

Scores with different subscripts within each row are significantly different, p < .05.

c

Scores with different subscripts within each row are significantly different, p < .05.