FIGURE 3

Mothers and Fathers Are Similarly Likely to Do Many Parenting Tasks Daily

Share of parents who report doing each task daily

Based on responses from 1,287 parents with a child under 18 (895 fathers and 392 mothers). Ns are unweighted.
* Statistically significant difference between mothers and fathers (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.