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. 2015 Dec 14;38(8):1109–1131. doi: 10.1177/0192513X15622415

Table 1.

Proportion of Parents Who Participate in Each Activity Several Times a Week or More by Gender of Child.

	Child age 5 (N = 8,005)^a				Child age 7 (N = 7,971)^a
	Mothers		Fathers		Mothers		Fathers
	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
Read	82.9	80.9^*	49.9	49.9^ns	69.7	70.8^ns	41.8	39.1^*
Tell stories	29.1	27.8^ns	24.4	24.7^ns	21.2	20.8^ns	20.0	22.6^**
Musical activities	67.1	59.7^**	44.4	38.2^**	56.4	47.9^**	38.8	34.3^**
Draw/paint	31.8	23.9^**	16.0	13.7^**	16.6	11.9^**	8.2	7.6^ns
Play physical games	20.7	25.9^**	31.5	45.9^**	—	—	—	—
Play games/toys indoors	51.0	53.0^ns	43.9	54.9^**	27.5	29.9^*	30.5	39.4^**
Take to park/playground	15.8	17.4^*	8.2	10.9^**	12.0	14.3^**	7.7	10.0^**
Get ready for bed	—	—	63.1	67.0^**	—	—	61.1	65.5^**
Look after on own	—	—	32.4	36.0^**	—	—	34.5	36.8^ns

^a

Sample sizes are unweighted, proportions are weighted.

^**

p < .01. *p < .05 (tests for difference by gender of the child).