Table 4.
Disaggregation of total unpaid care into child care and adult care by gender and age of unpaid caregivers (ATUS 2003–2012, hours per day)
| Interactive child care | Interactive adult care | Supervisory care | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |||||||
| Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | Engaged in activity on diary day | Mean hours per day provided by those engaged in activity | |
| Panel 1: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care or interactive adult carea | ||||||||||||
| Age of caregivers | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 69.1 % | 1.6 | 37.7 % | 0.7 | 43.1 % | 0.5 | 70.3 % | 0.8 | ||||
| 25–44 | 91.8 % | 2.3 | 81.3 % | 1.5 | 20.1 % | 0.2 | 29.0 % | 0.4 | ||||
| 45–64 | 61.7 % | 1.2 | 58.8 % | 1.0 | 49.4 % | 0.7 | 49.9 % | 0.8 | ||||
| 65 and over | 37.8 % | 0.7 | 31.4 % | 0.6 | 68.4 % | 1.0 | 74.7 % | 1.2 | ||||
| Panel 2: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult careb | ||||||||||||
| Age of caregivers | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 64.0 % | 2.0 | 60.5 % | 1.5 | 36.0 % | 1.1 | 39.5 % | 1.0 | ||||
| 25–44 | 68.7 % | 2.3 | 59.4 % | 1.6 | 31.3 % | 1.0 | 40.6 % | 1.1 | ||||
| 45–64 | 61.9 % | 1.7 | 56.6 % | 1.6 | 38.1 % | 1.1 | 43.4 % | 1.2 | ||||
| 65 and over | 59.5 % | 1.7 | 56.3 % | 1.5 | 40.5 % | 1.2 | 43.7 % | 1.2 | ||||
| Panel 3: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult care except for “helping a non-household adult”c | ||||||||||||
| Age of caregivers | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 72.0 % | 2.4 | 62.2 % | 1.4 | 28.0 % | 0.9 | 37.8 % | 0.9 | ||||
| 25–44 | 76.2 % | 2.4 | 67.3 % | 1.7 | 23.8 % | 0.8 | 32.7 % | 0.8 | ||||
| 45–64 | 63.6 % | 1.7 | 64.5 % | 1.7 | 36.3 % | 0.9 | 35.5 % | 0.9 | ||||
| 65 and over | 57.7 % | 1.6 | 60.5 % | 1.3 | 42.3 % | 1.2 | 39.5 % | 0.8 | ||||
| Panel 4: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any child care (interactive or supervisory) or interactive adult care | ||||||||||||
| Age of caregivers | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 21.1 % | 1.4 | 15.2 % | 0.5 | 6.1 % | 0.4 | 18.1 % | 0.6 | 72.8 % | 4.8 | 66.7 % | 2.3 |
| 25–44 | 23.0 % | 2.0 | 17.6 % | 1.1 | 2.3 % | 0.2 | 5.0 % | 0.3 | 74.7 % | 6.7 | 77.4 % | 5.0 |
| 45–64 | 21.6 % | 1.0 | 17.1 % | 0.8 | 13.3 % | 0.6 | 14.1 % | 0.6 | 65.1 % | 3.1 | 68.8 % | 3.1 |
| 65 and over | 22.4 % | 0.7 | 19.3 % | 0.5 | 29.6 % | 0.9 | 37.0 % | 1.0 | 48.0 % | 1.4 | 43.8 % | 1.2 |
| Panel 5: individuals 18 and over who engaged in any child care (interactive or supervisory) and interactive adult care | ||||||||||||
| Age of caregivers | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 19.2 % | 1.6 | 15.8 % | 1.0 | 13.6 % | 1.1 | 16.8 % | 1.0 | 67.2 % | 5.6 | 67.4 % | 4.2 |
| 25–44 | 20.3 % | 2.1 | 15.7 % | 1.2 | 10.6 % | 1.1 | 16.3 % | 1.3 | 69.0 % | 7.0 | 68.1 % | 5.4 |
| 45–64 | 21.8 % | 1.4 | 18.0 % | 1.2 | 18.4 % | 1.2 | 21.2 % | 1.4 | 59.8 % | 3.8 | 60.8 % | 3.9 |
| 65 and over | 26.6 % | 1.4 | 27.1 % | 1.2 | 22.2 % | 1.2 | 26.9 % | 1.2 | 51.3 % | 2.7 | 46.0 % | 2.1 |
a,b,cSupervisory care in panels 1–3 is excluded, which results in blank cells