Review of Economics of the Household

, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp 223–248 | Cite as

What is child care? Lessons from time-use surveys of major English-speaking countries

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Abstract

This paper examines the definition and measurement of time devoted to child care in the diary-based surveys administered by the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain. Detailed analysis of the relationship between measures of care activity and supervisory care in the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) illustrate the larger conceptual issues at stake.

Keywords

Definition and measurement of child care American Time Use Survey Primary child care activity versus in-your-care Comparability of time-use surveys 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstUSA

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