TABLE 5.

Predicted Mean Parent-Child Time (Hours/Week) and Predicted Probabilities of Fathers and Mothers Engaging in Specific Child Care Activities by Wife’s Employment Status and Relative Earnings

	Fathers’ Mean Child Care Time			Mothers’ Mean Child Care Time			Ratio Fathers’:Mothers’
	Total Time with Children	Solo Time with Children	Primary Child Care	Total Time with Children	Solo Time with Children	Primary Child Care	Total Time with Children	Solo Time with Children	Primary Child Care
Wife not employed	30.9	8.3	7.3	53.4	33.6	17.3	.58	.25	.42
Wife earns l%–39%	30.9	11.4	7.6	47.8	28.5	15.4	.64	.40	.49
Wife 40%–59%	31.3	11.1	7.5	45.1	25.9	15.0	.70	.43	.50
Wife 60%–99%	32.S	14.8	9.0	44.7	27.4	15.3	.73	.54	.59
Husband not employed	37.0	18.3	10.4	50.0	31.0	16.5	.74	.59	.63
	Fathers’ Predicted Probabilities			Mothers’ Predicted Probabilities			Ratio Fathers’:Mothers’
	Physical	Recreational	Managerial	Physical	Recreational	Managerial	Physical	Recreational	Managerial
Wife not employed	.25	.19	.27	.77	.32	.49	.33	.61	.55
Wife earns l%–39%	.30	.23	.28	.76	.30	.52	.40	.77	.54
Wife 40%–59%	.35	.25	.26	.74	.28	.53	.47	.88	.49
Wife 60%–99%	.46	.26	.31	.76	.30	.50	.60	.87	.62
Husband not employed	.32	.31	.22	.71	.32	.47	.45	.98	.47

Note.—Predicted means are based on OLS regression models that control for parental age, number of children in the household, the presence of children outside the household, race, family earnings, parental employment hours, parental education, day, and season of the time diary.