Table 6.4
Hours spent, in the past week, looking after children outside the household, without pay, by age group and sex, Ontario, 2008

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Age group and hours spent Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 10,485 100.0 5,148 100.0 5,336 100.0
No hours spent 8,927 85.1 4,432 86.1 4,495 84.2
Less than 5 hours spent 667 6.4 354 6.9 313 5.9
5 hours or more spent 891 8.5 362 7.0 529 9.9
15 to 34 3,467 100.0 1,744 100.0 1,723 100.0
No hours spent 3,015 87.0 1,519 87.1 1,496 86.8
Less than 5 hours spent 238 6.9 132 7.6 106 6.2
5 hours or more spent 214 6.2 93E 5.3E 121 7.0
35 to 44 1,958 100.0 976 100.0 982 100.0
No hours spent 1,614 82.4 828 84.8 786 80.0
Less than 5 hours spent 143 7.3 62E 6.4E 80 8.1
5 hours or more spent 201 10.3 86E 8.8E 115 11.7
45 and over 5,060 100.0 2,429 100.0 2,632 100.0
No hours spent 4,298 84.9 2,085 85.8 2,213 84.1
Less than 5 hours spent 286 5.7 160 6.6 127 4.8
5 hours or more spent 476 9.4 183 7.5 292 11.1
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category may differ to the total due to rounding.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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