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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 2b.

Percentage of Fathers Reporting Each Activity and Average Time Spent in Activity by Those Who Engaged in it by Family Structure

Family structure Total child care Routine Care Play
% M SD Median % M SD Median % M SD Median
 Dual earner couple 57 1:47 1:48 1:15 37 0:57 1:12 0:35 16 1:40 1:31 1:15
 Male earner couple 53* 1:47 1:50 1:15 35* 0:57 1:06 0:30 20* 1:43 1:32 1:15
 Female earner couple 67* 2:35* 2:19 2:00 47* 1:25* 1:39 1:00 18 2:10 * 2:00 1:40
 Neither employed couple 58 2:29* 2:08 1:51 39 1:25* 1:31 0:50 19 1:57 1:48 1:30
 Single father 51* 1:47 1:49 1:15 32* 0:55 1:01 0:30 11* 1:43 1:42 1:00

Management Teaching
Family structure % M SD Median % M SD Median

 Dual earner couple 29 0:56 1:16 0:35 17 0:46 0:42 0:30
 Male earner couple 18* 0:56 1:14 0:35 15* 0:44 0:46 0:30
 Female earner couple 34* 1:12* 1:26 0:45 26* 0:58* 0:53 0:45
 Neither employed couple 26 1:13* 1:06 0:52 19 0:57 0:48 0:40
 Single father 32 0:50 0:56 0:35 18 0:52 1:02 0:30

Note: Time is reported in Hours:Minutes. The reference group for all significance tests was dual earner couple.