'Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on how Americans split their time last year shows moms of young kids spent about eight hours a day on child care while spending six hours on average working.'
On average, moms with children ages 12 and under spent about eight hours a day on direct or indirect child care last year, while simultaneously working an average of six hours on weekdays, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics andThe findings, which capture the way Americans split their time from May to December 2020, are a stark illustration of who caregiving duties fell to when the pandemic shuttered schools and child care centers across the country.
The numbers are averages based on thousands of interviews with people across the country about how they spend their time on a daily basis, revealing just how common the situation is for moms. “It’s the acknowledgement that actually [child care] was basically a full-time job,” said Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and one of the authors of the report. You have been subscribed!
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