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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Sep 5;38(12):10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.011. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.011

Table 1.

Infant care behaviors

N Mean SD Range
Time Carried by Mother 37 30.3% 20.7% 3–98 %
Frequency Maternal LG 37 0.174 0.152 0.00–0.62
Frequency Maternal IR 37 0.078 0.109 0.00–0.53
Time Carried by Father 37 34.2% 24.6% 0–80%
Frequency Paternal LG 37 0.248 0.231 0.00–1.06
Frequency Paternal IR 37 0.065 0.102 0.00–0.44
Time Carried by Siblings 231 16.4% 16.1% 0–48%
Frequency Sibling LG 23 0.340 0.258 0.00–0.88
Frequency Sbiling IR 23 0.134 0.179 0.00–0.62
Time Carried Total 37 74.1% 13.9% 53–98%
Frequency Total LG 37 0.627 0.344 0.07–1.79
Frequency Total IR 37 0.224 0.238 0.00–0.75

Note: Values shown are averages per 20 min observation from 1–60 days postnatal.

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Averages for siblings include only those family groups that contained at least one older sibling that could potentially provide care to dependent offspring.