Dads are spending more time with their kids, but family structure matters
October 24, 2023
America’s dads are spending more time with their kids than in the past. And the increase is especially true of college-educated, partnered, white or Asian dads, per a new analysis of time diary data from the federal government.
But the time spent by dads who live with their kids compared to those who don’t is very different on average. Time diaries suggest fathers who don’t live with their children spent about 36 minutes a week with them, compared to 7.8 hours a week for dads who did live with their children in 2021-2022 data.
