*Including respondents who do not engage in childcare.
Original question: "Please let us know about your average time allocation per day (please give an average including days you have work and days you do not have work). (Average for the last few months)"
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
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Average time spent on childcare per day in Japan 2021, by gender
In a survey conducted in Japan in March 2021, around ***** percent of male respondents reported spending an average of *** hour per day on childcare. On average, female respondents spent more hours on childcare, with *** percent reporting a daily time of ** hours or more.
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Cabinet Office Japan. (September 1, 2021). Average daily time spent on childcare in Japan as of March 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310867/japan-daily-time-spent-childcare-by-gender/
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Cabinet Office Japan. (2021). Average daily time spent on childcare in Japan as of March 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310867/japan-daily-time-spent-childcare-by-gender/
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Average daily time spent on childcare in Japan as of March 2021, by gender [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, September 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310867/japan-daily-time-spent-childcare-by-gender/
