Parenting in America: By the numbers
An ambitious study of dual-income families gives clues about the workings of modern households. (Spoiler: Moms do lots of housework; kids, hardly any)

An ambitious study of 32 families in California has broken down how working parents and kids spend their time, offering an unprecedented look at the "dual-earner, multiple-child, middle-class American household." University of California, Los Angeles researchers videotaped the private lives of the participating families — cutting across a wide range of demographics — to get a deeper understanding of the inner workings of two-income families. Here, a look at some of the data from the still-unpublished study, as reported by The New York Times:
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Percentage of their time mothers spend doing housework
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Percentage of their time fathers spend doing housework
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Percentage of their time kids spend doing housework
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Percentage of their time mothers spend with their children
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Percentage of their time fathers spend with their children
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Percentage of their time mothers give up to "leisure" — everything from TV-watching to occasional breathers
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Percentage of their time fathers give up to "leisure"
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Percentage of their time husbands and wives are together alone in the house
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Percentage of their time families spend gathered in the same room
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