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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Sci. 2015 Oct 26;6(1):318–329. doi: 10.1080/19424620.2015.1082805

Table 2a.

Percentage of Fathers Reporting Each Activity and Average Time Spent in Activity by Those Who Engaged in it (N = 20,609)

Recessionary effect Total child care Routine Care Play
% M SD Median % M SD Median % M SD Median
 Pre-recession 55 1:46 1:49 1:15 35 1:00 1:14 0:37 16 1:38 1:27 1:14
 Recession 59* 1:56* 1:53 1:25 40* 1:02 1:11 0:35 19* 1:45 1:36 1:10
 Jobless recovery 56 1:52 1:53 1:22 37 0:58 1:11 0:35 18 1:46 1:43 1:20
 Recovery 56 1:58* 1:55 1:25 37 1:00 1:09 0:35 17 1:49* 1:40 1:30
Management Teaching
Recessionary effect % M SD Median % M SD Median
 Pre-recession 25 0:55 1:14 0:35 16 0:47 0:46 0:30
 Recession 27 0:58 1:17 0:36 17 0:47 0:49 0:30
 Jobless recovery 26 0:54 1:03 0:37 18* 0:44 0:48 0:30
 Recovery 27* 1:01* 1:20 0:40 18* 0:50 0:44 0:35

Note: Time is reported in Hours:Minutes. The comparison category for all significance tests was pre-recession.

*

p < .05.