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
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