Among fathers of under-fives, 21 per cent are solely responsible for childcare at some point during the working week (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2009).
British fathers of under-fives spend about the same amount of time at weekends as mothers - a tenth of a day - on reading, playing and talking with their children (EOC, 2003).
In the UK, fathers in two-parent families carry out an average of 25 per cent of the family's childcare-related activities during the week, and one-third at weekends (EOC, 2003).
26 per cent of men in paid employment have at some point changed their hours or working arrangements to look after someone (mainly children), with nine per cent giving up work altogether for this purpose (British Social Attitudes Survey, 2002).
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