Child Care

On average, for how many hours per week do you take primary responsibility for the care/supervision of your children (excluding hours when family is sleeping)?

  Total Weekly Hours with Primary
Responsibility for Children
Overall 1506 21.6
Females 491 41.1
Males 1015 12.2
< 35 118 24.5
35-44 771 24.7
45-54 543 17.5
55-64 72 14.7
65+ 2 37.5
GP/FP 834 24.6
Med Spec 496 19.4
Surg Spec 176 13.8
Rural 128 19.7
Urban 1378 21.8

Note: includes only those physicians with children under age 18 at home.