FIGURE 10

Young Men Help Adults with Everyday Tasks as Often as Older Men, but Less with Logistics and Medical Care

Share of men who have ever given ongoing or periodic help to an adult loved one with each task

Based on responses from 592 men ages 18–29 and 1,707 men ages 30 and older. Ns are unweighted. “Adult loved one” refers to an adult family member or friend who had a serious illness or disability or needed extra help. No differences between men and women ages 18–29 were statistically significant.
* Statistically significant difference between men ages 18–29 and men 30 and older (p < .05).
Source: Survey of 3,345 U.S. adults, with an oversample of men and fathers, drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel and a nonprobability sample from Dynata; conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for New America’s Better Life Lab, April 6–20, 2026.