Table 2.

Participation on interactive child care and adult care, by gender and age of unpaid caregivers (ATUS 2003–2012)

	Interactive child care		Interactive adult care		Total interactive care (for children and adults)
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	Engaged in activity on diary day	Engaged in activity on diary day	Engaged in activity on diary day	Engaged in activity on diary day	Engaged in activity on diary day	Engaged in activity on diary day
Panel 1: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care
Age of caregivers
18–24	35.7 %	11.8 %
25–44	62.6 %	40.5 %
45–64	23.5 %	17.3 %
65 and over	7.0 %	5.2 %
Panel 2: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive adult care
Age of caregivers
18–24			16.2 %	18.5 %
25–44			12.2 %	11.6 %
45–64			15.2 %	12.3 %
65 and over			11.6 %	13.2 %
Panel 3: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care or interactive adult care
Age of caregivers
18–24					46.2 %	27.8 %
25–44					67.0 %	47.2 %
45–64					34.9 %	27.0 %
65 and over					17.6 %	17.3 %
Panel 4: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult care
Age of caregivers
18–24					5.7 %	2.5 %
25–44					7.8 %	4.8 %
45–64					3.8 %	2.6 %
65 and over					1.0 %	1.0 %
Panel 5: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult care except for “helping a non-household adult”
Age of caregivers
18–24					2.1 %	0.8 %
25–44					3.3 %	2.2 %
45–64					1.5 %	1.3 %
65 and over					0.3 %	0.4 %
Panel 6: Individuals 18 and over who engaged in any child care (interactive or supervisory) or interactive adult care
Age of caregivers
18–24					54.7 %	35.9 %
25–44					77.2 %	62.5 %
45–64					40.9 %	34.6 %
65 and over					19.7 %	19.5 %
Panel 7: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any child care (interactive or supervisory) and interactive adult care
Age of caregivers
18–24					7.2 %	3.8 %
25–44					8.9 %	6.5 %
45–64					4.7 %	3.6 %
65 and over					1.3 %	1.3 %