Table 1:

Daily household informal care participation rates and mean care time commitment by race/ethnicity and nativity groups, by care type and the period total fertility rate

Place of birth	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic black	Non-Hispanic Asian	Hispanic, any race
Daily participation rates
Child care
U.S. & Canada	0.178	0.157	0.165	0.214
Europe	0.195	0.290	0.196†	0.092†
Asia	0.246	0.208†	0.294	0.256†
Latin America & Mexico	0.314	0.199	0.234	0.314
Africa	0.308	0.315	0.193†	0†
Australia & New Zealand	0.450	—	0†	—
Adult care
U.S. & Canada	0.042	0.042	0.036	0.057
Europe	0.035	0†	0†	0.043†
Asia	0.079	0.122†	0.033	0.020†
Latin America & Mexico	0.073†	0.048	0.232†	0.035
Africa	0.044†	0.033†	—	0.731†
Australia & New Zealand	0.075†	—	0†	—
Mean time production in minutes per day
Child care
U.S. & Canada	25.7	20.4	21.2	29.8
Europe	29.3	29.7	26.9†	10.1†
Asia	41.7	20.9†	44.4	20.2†
Latin America & Mexico	47.8	29.1	37.6	46.3
Africa	46.8	39.0	54.7†	0†
Australia & New Zealand	92.8	—	0†	—
Adult care
U.S. & Canada	3.1	3.1	2.4	3.9
Europe	3.7	0†	0†	6.1†
Asia	7.7	9.9†	2.3	0.2†
Latin America & Mexico	8.5†	4.7	13.9†	3.3
Africa	2.7†	4.6†	—	65.7†
Australia & New Zealand	4.6†	—	0†	—
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)§	1.72	1.83	1.69	2.09

Note:

^†indicates N < 10.

Source:

^§NVSS (31 January 2018). “Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, 2010–2016, and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother, 2016”. National Vital Statistics Reports 67(1), p.18.