Average number of hours parents with children spend each week on
Between paid and unpaid work, the average mother works about 2 more hours a week than she did in 1965, though the mix of time spent on paid work, housework and child care has changed dramatically:
Average number of hours parents with children spend each week on  | Fathers  | Mothers  | Child care 7.3 hours  | Child care 13.5  | Housew ork 9.8  | Housew ork 17.8  | Paid work 37.1  | Paid work 21.4  | 1965  | 1990  | 2011  | 1965  | 1990  | 2011  | a 2013 PEW RESEARCH CENTER 