The bar chart illustrates the proportions of how much time Australian parents devoted to assisting their children with various activities in 2013.
Overall, the majority of mothers allocated the most time across all activities, while fathers spent the least amount of time helping children. Dressing was predominantly handled by mothers, whereas playing games and preparing for bed were more often shared by both parents.
In terms of dressing, mothers spent the highest proportion of time, at about 75%, while fathers spent much less, at around 22%. This shows the largest difference between mothers and fathers among all activities. A similar pattern can be seen in homework, where mothers spent more time (about 52%) than fathers (around 13%), and both parents together accounted for nearly half of the time.
In contrast, playing games and preparing for bed were activities mostly done by both parents together. About 70% of the time spent playing games involved both parents, which was much higher than the figures for mothers and fathers alone. A similar trend is shown in preparing for bed, as the combined figure was just over 50%, higher than that for mothers and fathers separately.