0500 CHILD CARE
Category Description
This category captures time the respondent spends in child care. This includes care of infants (0533), general care of older children (0534), medical care of children (0535), playing with children (0536), supervising children or helping with homework (0537), reading to/ talking with child (0538), and other child care (0539).
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0533 CARE OF INFANTS
Category Description
This category includes baby care, usually for infants who are under five.
Activity Coding Rules
1975-76, 1985: This period includes care of babies aged less than 5 years old.
2003+: The period of physical care for household children, organization and planning for household children, looking after household children as a primary activity, caring for and helping household children, using paid childcare services, and waiting associated with purchasing childcare services, as well as telephone calls to/from paid child or adult care providers. The children of interest are infants, that is, under 5 years old.
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
2004+: The category includes the following examples:
Category examples
Helping household child bathe
Helping household child brush teeth
Helping household child feed him/herself
Helping household child get dressed
Helping household child use the bathroom
2005+: The category includes the following examples:
Category examples
Accompanying household child trick-or-treating
Accompanying household child visiting Santa Claus -
0534 GENERAL CARE OF OLDER CHILDREN
Category Description
This category includes care, usually for children who are under 18.
Activity Coding Rules
1975-76, 1985: This period includes care for children of mixed ages as well as care for children aged 5-17.
1985: In addition to care for children of mixed ages and children aged 5-17, this period also includes getting money, and gifts from an adult (for example, "got lunch money").
2003+: General care of older children comprises of physical care for household children, organization and planning for household, looking after household children, using paid childcare services, using paid childcare services, waiting associated with purchasing childcare services, and telephone calls to/from child/adult care providers.
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
2004+: The period includes the following examples:
Category examples
Helping household child bathe
Helping household child brush teeth
Helping household child feed him/herself
Helping household child get dressed
Helping household child use the bathroom
2005+: The category also has the following examples:
Category examples
Accompanying household child trick-or-treating
Accompanying household child visiting Santa Claus -
0535 MEDICAL CARE OF CHILDREN
Category Description
This category comprises of medical care for children inside or outside the home.
Activity Coding Rules
1985: This includes examples such as "took soon to doctor" or "gave doctor medicine"
2003+: The post 2003 period includes providing medical care to household children, obtaining medical care for household children, as well as waiting associated with household children's health.
Category examples
Bandaging household child's cuts/burns
Bandaging household child's scrapes
Giving household child medicine
Giving household child's insulin shot
Helping household child with physical therapy
Putting medicine on household child's burn
Putting medicine on household child's cuts
Sitting with sick household child
Taking household child's temperature
Accompanying household child to medical appointment
Talking with household child's doctor, household child's nurse
Waiting while doctor examines household child
Waiting with household child at hospital
Waiting with household child at physician's office
Visiting household child in hospital -
0536 PLAY WITH CHILDREN
Category Description
This category comprises of time spent playing with household children.
Activity Coding Rules
1975-76: The category includes adults playing with children inside.
1985: This period includes time playing with household babies aged 0-2,"indoors or outdoors." Play time with children also includes indoor playing; other indoor activities with children - games such as "playing" unless obviously outdoor games.
1998-01: The category includes indoor playing.
2003+: This period includes playing with household children, not sports.
Category examples
Entertaining household child
Giving household child a piggyback ride
Horsing around with household child
Playing games w/household child only
Playing with household child
Singing/dancing with household child (2003)
Tickling household child
2004+: This includes dancing with household child -
0537 SUPERVISE CHILD OR HELP WITH HOMEWORK
Category Description
This includes time spent supervising school work such as homework, exercises and lessons.
Activity Coding Rules
1975-76: In addition to helping in homework, this also comprises of time teaching children skills and how to do things.
1985: This period also includes the following examples:
Category examples
Helping/teaching children learn, fix, make things
Helping son bake cookies
Helping daughter fix bike
2003+: 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
2004+: This period also includes the following:
Category examples
Helping household child make arts and crafts
Attending household child's school open house
Meeting w/school speech pathologist of household child
Meeting with guidance counselor of household child -
0538 READ TO, TALK WITH CHILD
Category Description
This is time spent reading to/talking with child, listening to children.
Activity Coding Rules
1965-66: Reading of tales or other non-school books to children, conversations with children, talking to children.
1985: 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
2003+: This period 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
2004+: This following were added after 2004 as well as 2007-2011 respectively.
Category examples
Helping household child read
Teaching household child to read
Praying with household child (2007-2011) -
0539 OTHER CHILD CARE
Category Description
This includes time spent in other childcare such as unpaid babysitting.
Activity Coding Rules
1985: 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
2003+: This period 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
2004+: The following category examples were added post 2004:
Category examples
Accompanying household child trick-or-treating
Accompanying household child visiting Santa Claus