Table 1:

Sample characteristics for parents and their children (N = 318)

	n or M	% or SD	Range
Child age (years)	6.7	3.1	2-12.9
Preschool-aged (<6 years)	149	46.9
School-aged (≥6 years)	169	53.1
Child sex (female)#	153	48.1
Parent age	37.7	6.6	24-66
Parent sex (female)	206	64.8
Relationship status
Partnered/married	280	88.1
Single	19	6.0
Divorced/separated	19	6.0
Living arrangements during pandemic
Living with partner/spouse and children	280	88.1
Living with children, no partner/spouse	38	11.9
Number of children currently in household	2.1	1.1	1-9
Ethnicity#
Hispanic, Latinx or Spanish origin	27	8.5
Race
White	246	77.4
Asian	23	7.2
Black or African American	18	5.7
Hispanic/Latinx	10	3.1
Native American/Alaska Native	5	1.6
More than 1 race or other	16	4.9
Household income (<$50,000)#	74	23.6
Education level
No or partial college	17	36.8
4-year college degree	125	39.3
Graduate degree	76	23.9
Employment status
Full-time employment	204	64.2
Homemaker (full-time parent)	50	15.7
Part-time employment	35	11.0
Self-employed	13	4.1
Unemployed and seeking work	11	3.5
Student	4	1.3
Retired	1	0.3
Essential worker role (yes)
Self	100	31.4
Partner	114	40.7
Positive COVID-19 test	2	0.6
Effect on regular childcare
Self or partner/spouse had to change work schedule to care for child(ren)	122	38.4
No child in childcare	114	35.8
Regular childcare was not affected	51	16.0
Difficulty arranging for childcare	21	6.6
Pay less for childcare	8	2.5
Pay more for childcare	2	0.6

^*Only six participants indicated different living arrangements prior to the COVID-19 pandemic

^#Prefer not to answer: child gender – 2 (0.6%), ethnicity – 2 (0.6%) and 1 (0.3%) didn’t know, income – 5 (1.6%).