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 | |||||||||
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| % | 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 |
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| Family structure | % | M | SD | Median | % | M | SD | Median | ||||
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| 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.