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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

Appendix Table 1.

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

Year Total child care Routine Care Play
% M SD Median % M SD Median % M SD Median
2003 53.22 1:48 1:51 1:15 33.13 1:02 1:14 0:40 15.38 1:39 1:28 1:02
2004 54.85 1:45 1:46 1:15 35.50 0:59 1:15 0:38 15.90 1:35 1:11 1:30
2005 54.23 1:48 1:48 1:15 35.78 1:02 1:25 0:37 15.72 1:41 1:36 1:10
2006 54.17 1:44 1:49 1:09 34.59 0:55 1:03 0:35 15.98 1:36 1:31 1:00
2007 56.74 1:45 1:46 1:15 36.91 0:59 1:10 0:40 18.66 1:38 1:25 1:14
2008 59.52 1:50 1:46 1:16 40.68 0:59 1:09 0:30 18.70 1:44 1:26 1:10
2009 56.96 1:59 1:59 1:30 36.43 1:06 1:21 0:36 18.61 1:48 1:44 1:14
2010 56.46 1:50 1:53 1:20 37.32 0:54 1:02 0:35 18.06 1:45 1:47 1:30
2011 54.72 1:53 1:53 1:19 34.36 0:56 1:12 0:30 16.58 1:46 1:31 1:30
2012 58.03 1:59 1:53 1:25 37.44 1:04 1:09 0:35 19.22 1:48 1:35 1:30
2013 55.46 1:59 1:57 1:30 38.14 0:59 1:06 0:35 16.29 1:51 1:53 1:20
Year Management Teaching Men’s unemployment rate (aged 16 or older)
% M SD Median % M SD Median
2003 25.49 0:56 1:23 0:35 15.25 0:47 0:50 0:30 6.3
2004 25.94 0:53 1:09 0:36 15.23 0:50 0:48 0:30 5.6
2005 23.88 0:54 1:16 0:35 14.36 0:49 0:40 0:30 5.1
2006 24.48 0:54 1:14 0:35 17.78 0:47 0:48 0:30 4.6
2007 23.86 1:06 1:19 0:40 15.79 0:39 0:39 0:30 4.7
2008 26.83 0:54 1:11 0:35 17.53 0:45 0:38 0:30 6.2
2009 26.41 0:59 1:13 0:40 17.97 0:45 0:46 0:30 10.3
2010 27.21 0:54 1:05 0:35 18.08 0:44 0:55 0:30 10.5
2011 25.99 1:02 1:28 0:40 18.15 0:48 0:39 0:35 9.4
2012 26.30 1:03 1:15 0:37 16.50 0:49 0:42 0:33 8.2
2013 28.20 0:56 1:14 0:40 18.08 0:51 0:48 0:40 7.6

Note: Time is reported in Hours:Minutes.