Table 2
Time spent by mothers and fathers on household work during the reference day, by different individual characteristics, 2015

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Table 2
Time spent by mothers and fathers on household work during the reference day, by different individual characteristics, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Time spent by mothers and fathers on household work during the reference day Did household work, Average length of time spent on household work (participants), Fathers and Mothers, calculated using percentage and minutes units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Did household work Average length of time spent on household work (participants)
Fathers Mothers Fathers Mothers
percentage minutes
Number of hours worked during the reference day  
No hours (ref.) 87 95Table 2 Note † 225 231
Less than 8 hours 75Note * 95Table 2 Note † 101Note * 139Note *Table 2 Note †
8 or more hours 65Note * 86Note *Table 2 Note † 77Note * 99Note *Table 2 Note †
Age of youngest child  
0 to 4 years (ref.) 73 92Table 2 Note † 129 177Table 2 Note †
5 to 12 years 75 93Table 2 Note † 154Note * 178Table 2 Note †
13 years or older 81Note * 95Table 2 Note † 156 193Table 2 Note †
Place of birth  
Canada (ref.) 77 94Table 2 Note † 152 174Table 2 Note †
Rest of the world 73 94Table 2 Note † 136 199Note *Table 2 Note †
Region of birth (Canada)  
Atlantic provinces 76 92Table 2 Note † 136 148Note *
Quebec 79 94Table 2 Note † 160 162
Ontario (ref.) 77 92Table 2 Note † 159 183
Prairies 77 96Table 2 Note † 138 184Table 2 Note †
British Columbia 78 95Table 2 Note † 134 175
Place of residence  
Atlantic provinces 72 91Table 2 Note † 137 164Note *Table 2 Note †
Quebec 79 94Table 2 Note † 153 159Note *
Ontario (ref.) 76 94Table 2 Note † 144 191Table 2 Note †
Prairies 71 92Table 2 Note † 143 195Table 2 Note †
British Columbia 79 95Table 2 Note † 139 177
Educational attainment  
High school diploma or less (ref.) 71 96Table 2 Note † 133 198Table 2 Note †
Postsecondary diploma or certificate 81Note * 93Table 2 Note † 156 187Table 2 Note †
University diploma 73 92Table 2 Note † 144 169Table 2 Note †
Work schedule  
Employee, normal schedule (ref.) 78 92Table 2 Note † 145 165Table 2 Note †
Employee, non-traditional schedule 73 94Table 2 Note † 162 167
Self-employed or unpaid family worker 70Note * 95Table 2 Note † 120 174Table 2 Note †
Distance between the home and workplace  
Less than 10 km (ref.) 76 93Table 2 Note † 157 170
10 to 24 km 78 95Table 2 Note † 135 153
25 km or more 79 91Table 2 Note † 151 181
Note *

significantly different from the reference category estimate (p < 0.05)

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Note †

significantly different from the estimate for fathers (p < 0.05)

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2015 General Social Survey.
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