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What percentage of Americans looked after a child under 18 in their household on an average day?
17.3% of Americans looked after a child under 18 in their household on an average day — about 17 in every 100, or 2 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Time Use Survey for 2025.
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17.3
Where this number comes from
- Survey
- American Time Use Survey
- What it measured
- Percent of the population engaged in “Caring for and helping household children under 18” as a primary activity on an average day. The interval is derived here as the published estimate plus or minus 1.96 standard errors.
- Population
- Americans aged 15 and over
- Year
- 2025
- 95% confidence interval
- 16.36% to 18.24% (derived from the published standard error)
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