Table 6
Time spent on unpaid care of a child in the household, by working arrangement and age of youngest child, Canada, 2010
Working arrangement and age of youngest child | Women | Men |
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average number of hours per week | ||
All women and men | 50.1 | 24.4* |
Working arrangement | ||
Respondent was working | ||
Dual earner couples; respondent working full-time | 49.8 | 27.2* |
Dual earner couples; respondent working part-time | 59.4 | 40.5* |
Single earner couples; respondent working | 50.8 | 25.5* |
Lone parents; respondent working | 26.9 | 12.0* |
Respondent was not working | ||
Single earner couples; respondent not working | 81.3 | 36.9* |
Couples; neither partner working | 59.5 | 36.3E* |
Lone parents; respondent not working | 30.0 | 8.1E* |
Age of youngest child in the household | ||
0 to 4 | 67.5 | 30.2* |
5 to 14 | 37.7 | 19.7* |
E use with caution * statistically significant difference between women and men at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2010. |
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