Division of Labor in Households with Two Full-Time Working Parents % employedfull of parents in households where both parents are employedfull time saying Mother does more Father do es more Sha re eq ually
Some 54% of parents in households with two full-time working parents say the mother does more to manage the children’s schedule and activities, while 39% say this task is shared equally and 6% say the father does more. And 47% say the mother takes on more when their children fall ill, equal to the share saying they split this duty equally; just 6% say the father does more of this.
Division of Labor in Households with  | Two Full-Time Working Parents  | % employedfull of parents in households where both parents are  | employedfull time saying  | Mother does more Father do es more Sha re eq ually  | Managing children's  | 54  | 39  | schedules /activities  | Taking care they're of children  | 47  | 47  | when they're sick  | Handling responsibilities household  | 31 9  | 59  | chores responsibilities  | Disciplining children  | 20  | 17  | 61  | Playing or doing  | 22 13  | 64  | activities with children  | Note Based on respondents who workfull time andare married to  | or living with a partner respondents who works full time andis the parentofat  | leastone ofthe respondent's children (n=531). Voluntaryressonses  | of Other" and Don tknow/Refused" notshown. Voluntaryressonses  | Source Pew Research Centersurvey of parents with children under  | 18 Sept. 15-0ct. 13, 2015  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER  | Q35a-e 