Category Description

This category captures time the respondent spends in child care. This includes physical, medical child care (0528), teach, help with homework (0529), read to, talk or play with child (0530), supervise, accompany, other childcare (0531).

• 0528 PHYSICAL, MEDICAL CHILD CARE

  Category Description

  This category comprises of time spent in medical care of children.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: This category comprises of medical care for children inside or outside the home. Child care for kids under infants, general care of children aged 5-17, and medical care of children are also included.
  
  us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012: Physical, medical child care includes time in care for the children that are infants, that is, under 5 years old. Activities include the following:
  
  Category examples
  Bathing household child
  Breastfeeding/nursing household baby
  Breastfeeding/nursing household child (2003)
  Carrying household child/baby
  Changing household child's diapers
  Cuddling household child
  Cutting household child's hair
  Drawing a bath for a household child
  Dressing household child
  Feeding household child
  Getting household child ready for bed/school
  Getting household child ready to go somewhere
  Getting household child up
  Giving household child a bath
  Giving household child a bottle
  Holding household child
  Laying out clothes for household child
  Preparing a shower for a household child
  Putting household child to bed
  Rocking household child
  Soothing household child/baby
  Tucking in household child
  Waking household child
  Helping with parties for household child
  Making costume for household child
  Organizing activities for household child
  Packing household child's bag
  Planning activities/events/parties for household child
  Planning play dates for household child
  Signing household child up for activities
  Unpacking household child's bag
  Checking on household child
  Keeping tabs on household child
  Monitoring household child
  Sitting/Supervising with household child
  Supervising household child swimming
  Watching but not interacting with household child
  Adopting a child
  Checking out daycare facility
  Hiring a nanny or babysitter
  Hiring a tutor
  Meeting with daycare providers
  Paying for after school care program
  Paying for daycare, lessons, instructions, summer camp
  Paying for tutorial services
  Talking to/with babysitter, camp counselor, daycare provider
  Waiting to meet a childcare provider
  Talking on phone to a babysitter, tutor, day care provider
  
  Example activities taken place to care for the children of interest aged 5-18 are as follows:
  
  Category examples
  Bathing household child
  Breastfeeding/nursing household baby
  Breastfeeding/nursing household child (2003)
  Carrying household child/baby
  Changing household child's diapers
  Cuddling household child
  Cutting household child's hair
  Drawing a bath for a household child
  Dressing/Feeding household child
  Getting household child ready for bed/school
  Getting household child ready to go somewhere
  Getting household child up
  Giving household child a bath
  Giving household child a bottle
  Helping with parties for household child
  Making costume for household child
  Organizing activities for household child
  Packing household child's bag
  Planning activities/events parties for household child
  Planning play dates for household child
  Signing household child up for activities
  Unpacking household child's bag
  Holding household child
  Laying out clothes for household child
  Preparing a shower for a household child
  Putting household child to bed
  Rocking household child
  Soothing household child/baby
  Tucking in household child
  Waking household child
  Helping with parties for household child
  Planning events/parties/activities for household child
  Signing household child up for activities
  Checking on household child
  Keeping tabs on household child
  Monitoring household child
  Sitting/Supervising with household child
  Supervising household child
  Supervising household child swimming
  Watching but not interacting with household child
  Adopting a child
  Talking on phone to a babysitter
  Talking on phone to a tutor
  Talking on phone to day care provider
  
  uk1975: This sample includes activities related to looking after children.
  
  uk1983, uk1987: Time in this activity captures feed and food preparation for babies and children, wash, change babies, put children to bed/get them up, babysit other people;s children, other care of babies, and medical care of babies, children and adults.
  
  uk1995: Physical, medical child care includes general child care activities.
  
  uk2000: This sample includes time spent in unspecified childcare, unspecified physical care and supervision, feeding the child, other specified physical care, unspecified childcare as help, and physical child care as help.
  
  uk2005, sp2009: Physical, medical child care is time spent general child care for own children and caring for other children.
  
  sp2002: This consists of time spent on unspecified childcare, child physical care and vigilance, and other specified childcare activities.
  
  at1992: Physical, medical child care includes caring for babies and children, cooking for and feeding children, taking a nap with a child, and both medical care for child outside of home and at home.
  
  fr1985: This time consists of personal, material (e.g. help them to eat, wash-up), and medical care (both at home and away from home) to children (age 0-14).
  
  fr1998, fi1979: Physical, medical child care includes looking after children and medical care both at home and away from home.
  
  ca2010: Physical, medical child care includes:
  
  Category examples
  Child care (infant to 4 years old)
  Food preparation for child under 5
  Feed child
  Put child to bed
  Get child ready for school
  Personal care for child of household
  Medical care ? household child
  Emotional care of household child
  Personal care of non-household child
  Medical care for non-household child
  

• 0529 TEACH, HELP WITH HOMEWORK

  Category Description

  This includes time spent supervising school work such as homework, exercises and lessons.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, fr1985: These samples include time spent to supervise and help with homework of children.
  
  us1985: Teach, help with homework specifies the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Helping/teaching children learn, fix, make things
  Helping son bake cookies
  Helping daughter fix bike
  
  us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012: The period includes arts and crafts with household children, helping or teaching household children (not related to education), helping with homework, attending meetings and school conferences, home schooling of household children, waiting associated with household children's education, and other activities related to household child's education.
  
  Category examples
  Building model planes with household child
  Making holiday decorations w/household child
  Organizing coin collection with household child
  Helping household child do something (2003)
  Showing household child how to do something (2003)
  Teaching household child manners (2003)
  Teaching household child proper eating habits, proper hygiene (2003)
  Teaching household child to cook (2003)
  Teaching household child to tie shoelaces (2003)
  Checking household child's homework for completion
  Helping household child with a school project
  Helping household child with homework
  Picking up household child's books/assignments
  Quizzing household child before a test
  Reviewing household child's homework
  Signing household child's homework log
  Attending a PTA meeting
  Attending household child's back-to-school night
  Attending household child's parent-teacher conference
  Meeting w/school psychologist of household child
  Meeting with household child's tutor
  Meeting with principal of household child
  Observing household child's class
  Talking to/with household child's tutor
  Talking with teachers of household child
  Home schooling a household child
  Waiting to meet with household child's teacher
  
  uk1975, uk1995, fi1979: This activity is not available in this time period.
  
  uk1983, uk1987, uk2000, uk2005, sp2002, sp2009, at1992: Teach, help with homework captures activities related with helping children with homework including teaching children schoolwork.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: The Netherland samples specify this as time spent helping children with homework and assignments.
  
  fr1998: This captures activities where time is spent playing with/ teaching a child and supervising homework.
  
  ca2010: This category includes helping, teaching, or reprimanding children, as well as other educational activities for the household or education help with a non-household child.

• 0530 READ TO, TALK OR PLAY WITH CHILD

  Category Description

  This is time spent reading to/talking with child, listening to children.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998, uk1983, uk1987, uk2000, sp2002, sp2009, fr1985, fr1998, fi1979, ca2010: These samples include play with children, read to, talk with child, and play other physical activity, sports with children.
  
  us1985: In addition to time reading to child as well as having conversations with household children, this period also includes the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Giving child orders or instructions
  Asking them to help
  Telling children to behave
  Disciplining child
  Yelling at kids, spanking children
  Correcting children's behavior
  
  us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012: Read to, talk or play with child includes the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Listening to a household child read
  Reading to household child
  Reading with household child
  Fussing at/scolding household child
  Hearing about household child's day
  Lecturing household child
  Listening to household child sing/recite
  Singing to household child
  Singing with household child
  Talking with household child
  Telling household child to brush teeth, get ready for bed
  
  uk1975: Time in this activity captures time playing with children.
  
  uk1995, uk2005: Read to, talk or play with child is not available in this time period.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: These samples specify this activity as time spent reading out loud to children and playing inside the home with children. Further, all samples except for nl2000 also include taking a walk, cycling or playing outside with a child.
  
  at1992: Read to, talk or play with child includes the following examples:
  Category examples
  Playing music with the child
  Conversation- talking with the child
  Reading to the child
  Playing with the child (indoor)
  Doing other hobby with child
  Looking TV (video) with child
  Exercising sport with child indoor
  Taking child out (walk, playground)
  Cultural activities with child

• 0531 SUPERVISE, ACCOMPANY, OTHER CHILD CARE

  Category Description

  This is time spent supervising, accompanying children related activities as well as other childcare activities.

  Activity Coding Rules

  us1965, us1975, us1985, us1993, us1995, us1998: Any other child care related activities not included in physical, medical child care (0528), teach, help with homework (0529), and read to, talk or play with child (0530) is included in this category.
  
  us1985: The period also includes the following examples:
  
  Category examples
  Co-ordination or facilitating child's social or instructional non-school activities
  Child care outside respondent's home or to children not residing in household
  Other child care, including phone conversations relating to child care other than medical
  
  us2003, us2004, us2005, us2006, us2007, us2008, us2009, us2010, us2011, us2012: Supervise, accompany, other childcare includes attending household children's events, waiting for or with household children, as well as picking up or dropping off household children.
  
  Category examples
  Attending household child's recital
  Watching a household child's school play
  Watching household child's sporting event
  Waiting for household child to finish his/her activity
  Waiting for household child to get ready
  Waiting for school bus with household child
  Waiting to pick up household child
  Dropping off household child at babysitter's
  Dropping off household child at friend's house
  Dropping off household child at soccer practice
  Picking up household child from church
  Picking up household child from day care
  Picking up household child from school
  
  uk1975, uk1995, uk2005: This activity is not available in this time period.
  
  uk1983: Time in this activity captures supervising children, other care of children, and unspecified childcare.
  
  uk1987: In addition to all activities included in the uk1983 sample, the uk1987 sample captures babysitting other people's child.
  
  uk2000: Supervise, accompany, other childcare comprises of activities including accompanying children, other specified care of children, accompany child as help, and other unspecified childcare as help.
  
  sp2002: This sample only captures activity related to accompanying children.
  
  sp2009: This is time in which respondents accompany children and conduct other childcare activities.
  
  nl1975, nl1980, nl1985, nl1990, nl1995, nl2000, nl2005: These samples specify this activity as time spent babysitting and sundry child-related activities. The nl2000 sample also includes time spent taking walks, cycling, and playing outside with children.
  
  at1992: Supervise, accompany and other childcare includes supervising the child (unspecified care), visiting a teacher or performance at school, running errands for the child (register at school), and other child care.
  
  fr1985: This includes other activities on behalf of children (e.g. kissing, caressing, to look after them without specifically focusing on it, punishing), waiting time related to child's activities, and other childcare (e.g. organize a suitcase).
  
  fr1998: This includes other activities on behalf of children and looking after children of another household.
  
  fi1979: This activity involves time spent taking a child outdoors
  
  ca2010: This includes unpaid babysitting of a household child, visiting a child care/school establishment, communication related to child care/school, other non-educational help for household, look after non-household child as main activity, and other unpaid help provided to non-household child.