This statistic shows the average number of hours per week spent by mothers in the United States on various activities as of 2012. In 2012, stay-at-home mothers spent an average of 18 hours per week in childcare activities, seven hours more than working mothers.
Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012
Based on mothers ages 18 to 69 with own child(ren) younger than 18 in the household. Mothers are categorized based on employment status in the previous week.
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Pew Research Center. (April 8, 2014). Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012." Chart. April 8, 2014. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2014). Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Time Spending of Stay-at-home Mothers and Workings Mothers in The U.S. as of 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Time spending of stay-at-home mothers and workings mothers in the U.S. as of 2012 [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 8, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/301051/time-spending-of-stay-at-home-mothers-and-workings-mothers-in-the-us/
