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“Children with a mother who contributes half or more of the total family income spend 48 minutes more with their fathers on weekends than do children with a mother who contributes less than a quarter of the total family income.”

“A child in an intact family interacts directly with his or her father for 1 hour and 13 minutes on a weekday and 3.3 hours on a weekend day. In addition to direct interaction, fathers are accessible to their children an additional 1.25 hours on weekdays and about 3.2 hours on a weekend day.”

“Black fathers spend 70 minutes less and Latino fathers spend about an hour more with a child than white fathers do. Black fathers are significantly less involved on weekends except for social activities such as church. Latino fathers have a higher level of involvement in household
and personal care activities.”

Source: Children’s Time with Fathers in Intact Families, Yeung, Sandberg, Davis-Kean, Hofferth University of Michigan, Journal of Marriage and Family, February 2001