U.S. Census Bureau analysis reported that households experiencing difficulty obtaining adequate childcare lost an average of 65.8 days of work time in 2024.
American Time Use Survey data reported that employed adults living with a child under age 6 averaged about 3.0 hours of leisure per day in 2024, compared with about 4.5 hours for employed adults with no minor children.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis treats unpaid household production outside the standard market GDP accounts because no market transaction occurs. When the same kinds of services are purchased in the market—such as childcare, cleaning,
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that household production value added represented 30% of extended personal consumption expenditures in 2024. The same household production value added represented 16% of extended GDP.
Pew Research Center’s synthesis of historical time-diary data found that mothers averaged about 8 hours per week of paid work in 1965 and about 21 hours per week in 2011.
Pew Research Center’s synthesis of historical time-diary data found that mothers averaged about 32 hours per week of housework in 1965 and about 18 hours per week in 2011.
Pew Research Center’s historical time-use analysis found that mothers’ childcare time increased from about 10.2 hours per week in 1965 to 13.5 hours per week in 2011, even as mothers’ average paid work rose from about 8 to 21 hours per week
Pew Research Center found that more than 80% of mothers’ combined paid-and-unpaid work time in 1965 was spent in housework and childcare. By 2011, that share was about 60%.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices found that full-day care for one child cost between 8.9% and 16.0% of median family income in 2022, with annual prices ranging from $6,552 to $15,600 depending on age, pro
Pew Research Center’s analysis of Current Population Survey data found that about 37% of working-age married women with young children were employed in 1968. By 2011, about 65% were employed.
