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Hours per week spent on child care, United States, 1965 to 2003

Primary child care includes any time spent on the basic needs of children. Educational child care is any time spent reading to children, teaching children, helping with
home etc. Recreational child care includes playing games with children and other activities. See the source tab for further details.

196520031970197519801985199019952000Primary Child Care (Working women)Recreational Child Care (Men)Primary Child Care (Men)Recreational Child Care (Non-working women)Recreational Child Care (Working women)Primary Child Care (Non-working women)

Source: Aguiar and Hurst (2006)