Table 3.

List of ATUS activity codes indicating time engaged with children

Major Category	Second-Tier Category	Third-Tier Category
03. Caring for and helping household members	01. Caring for and helping household children	01. Physical care for household children
		02. Reading to/with household children
		03. Playing with household children, not sports
		04. Arts and crafts with household children
		05. Playing sports with household children
		06. Talking with/listening to household children
		08. Organization and planning for household children
		09. Looking after household children (as a primary activity)
		10. Attending household children’s events
		11. Waiting for/with household children
		12. Picking up/dropping off household children
		99. Caring for and helping household children, n.e.c.
	02. Activities related to household children’s education	01. Homework (household children)
		02. Meetings and school conferences (household children)
		03. Home schooling of household children
		04. Waiting associated with household children’s education
	03. Activities related to household children’s health	01. Providing medical care to household children
		02. Obtaining medical care for household children
		03. Waiting associated household children’s health
		99. Activities related to household children’s health, n.e.c.

Source: American Time Use Survey Lexicon, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/tus/lexiconwex2013.pdf