Household activities
Note: Last week refers to Sunday, May 6 to Saturday, May 12, 2001.
In Question 33, report all time spent on each activity, even if two or more activities took place at the same time. See the Guide for examples.
33. Last week, how many hours did this person spend doing the following activities:
Some examples include: preparing meals, washing the car, doing laundry, cutting the grass, shopping, household planning, etc.
[] Less than 5 hours
[] 5 to 14 hours
[] 15 to 29 hours
[] 30 to 59 hours
[] 60 hours or more
Some examples include: bathing or playing with young children, driving children to sports activities or helping them with homework, talking with teens about their problems, etc.
[] Less than 5 hours
[] 5 to 14 hours
[] 15 to 29 hours
[] 30 to 59 hours
[] 60 hours or more
Some examples include: providing personal care to a senior family member, visiting seniors, talking with them on the telephone, helping them with shopping, banking or with taking medicine, etc.
[] Less than 5 hours
[] 5 to 9 hours
[] 10 to 19 hours
[] 20 hours or more
Do not include hours this person spent: working for pay (report paid work in Question 34); doing unpaid, volunteer work for a non-profit or religious organization, charity or community group.
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People often perform more than one unpaid activity at the same time. For example, a person may spend one hour preparing a meal while at the same time looking after his or her children. This person should report one hour of housework in part (a) and one hour of child care in part (b) of Question 33. It does not matter that these activities took place at the same time.
Part (a) -- Doing unpaid housework, yard work or home maintenance
Include the hours this person spent doing unpaid housework, yard work, or home maintenance for: him or herself; members of his or her own household; other family members outside the household; friends or neighbors.
Part (b) -- Looking after children without pay
Include hours spent doing activities such as talking or playing with children if during these activities this person was responsible for their care.
Part (c) -- Providing unpaid care to seniors
Seniors include all persons aged 65 and over and some individuals close to age 65 who suffer from age-related infirmities. Include the hours this person spent providing care or assistance to: a senior family member such as a spouse, parent or grandparent; senior friends or neighbors.