Table 6.
Daily time devoted to ADLs and IADLs by gender of caregivers and type of care recipient (ATUS 2003–2012, minutes per day, for those who provided some ADLs and IADLs for children and adults)
| Children | Adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| Lower bound (individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult care excluding for “helping a non-household adult”) | ||||
| ADLs | 49 | 25 | 11 | 4 |
| IADLs | 143 | 105 | 103 | 83 |
| Housework/laundrya | 25 | 8 | 24 | 11 |
| Meal preparationb | 24 | 12 | 23 | 10 |
| Shoppingc | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| Travel | 21 | 22 | 21 | 26 |
| Managementd | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| Getting around outside | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Taking medicatione | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Developmental care (for children)f | 41 | 34 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total of ADLs and IADLs | 192 | 130 | 114 | 87 |
| Middle bound (individuals 18 and over who engaged in any interactive child care and interactive adult care) | ||||
| ADLs | 44 | 23 | 6 | 2 |
| IADLs | 140 | 99 | 93 | 71 |
| Housework/laundrya | 23 | 7 | 19 | 8 |
| Meal preparationb | 21 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
| Shoppingc | 16 | 10 | 15 | 9 |
| Travel | 20 | 20 | 27 | 30 |
| Managementd | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Getting around outside | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Taking medicatione | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Developmental care (for children)f | 39 | 34 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total of ADLs and IADLs | 184 | 122 | 99 | 74 |
| Upper bound (individuals 18 and over who engaged in any child care (interactive and supervisory) and interactive adult care) | ||||
| ADLs | 38 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| IADLs | 125 | 80 | 96 | 74 |
| Housework/laundrya | 21 | 6 | 19 | 7 |
| Meal preparationb | 19 | 9 | 18 | 7 |
| Shoppingc | 15 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Travel | 17 | 15 | 28 | 32 |
| Managementd | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Getting around outside | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Taking medicatione | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Developmental care (for children)f | 33 | 26 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total of ADLs and IADLs | 163 | 97 | 103 | 76 |
a,b,cActivities in IADLs are calculated by those activities done for adults and children separately (calculated per capita and multiplied by the number of household adults (except for self) for IADLs for adults and calculated per capita and multiplied by the number of household children for IADLs for children)
dManagement for adults is specific to financial management, while management for children includes activities like managing events for children
eTaking medication for children are calculated by care activities related to children’s health
fDevelopmental care is specific to children