Moms aland Dads, 1965 2011: Roles Converge, Dads, but Gaps Remain Average number ofhours per week spent on Paid work Housework Child care
Today’s moms work more hours outside the home and spend far less time on housework than they did 50 years ago. They also spend more time with their children than mothers did in the 1960s, and about twice as much time as today’s fathers do. For their part, dads now spend more time on housework and child care than they used to, but they haven’t caught up to moms.
Moms aland Dads, 1965 2011:  | Roles Converge, Dads, but Gaps Remain  | Average number ofhours per week spent on  | Paid work Housework Child care  | 53  | 54  | 51  | 49  | 14  | 2.5  | 10  | 10  | 42  | 32  | 18  | 37  | 21  | Mothers Fathers  | Mothers Fathers  | 1965  | 2011  | Note: Based living on adults ages 18-64 with own child(ren) under  | age each 18 bar) living in the household Total figures (at the rounding. top of  | age each bar) living may not add to component figures parts due to rounding. top  | Source: 1965 data from Table 5A.1-2 in Bianchi, et al.  | (2006). 2011 data from Survey, Pew Research ana lysis of the  | American Time Use Survey,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 