Chart 5. Percentage of mothers working on weekdays, by time of day
Time Full time on weekdays Part time on weekdays

4:00 a.m.

2.5 1.1

4:15 a.m.

2.5 1.1

4:30 a.m.

2.4 1.1

4:45 a.m.

2.8 1.1

5:00 a.m.

3.7 1.3

5:15 a.m.

4.2 1.3

5:30 a.m.

5.0 2.1

5:45 a.m.

6.0 2.0

6:00 a.m.

7.6 2.5

6:15 a.m.

9.2 3.6

6:30 a.m.

10.2 4.2

6:45 a.m.

12.5 5.0

7:00 a.m.

18.4 9.7

7:15 a.m.

23.5 12.5

7:30 a.m.

30.6 16.3

7:45 a.m.

37.4 18.3

8:00 a.m.

47.8 23.9

8:15 a.m.

56.0 24.8

8:30 a.m.

63.3 28.7

8:45 a.m.

66.6 31.4

9:00 a.m.

69.9 36.4

9:15 a.m.

72.7 38.8

9:30 a.m.

72.9 39.4

9:45 a.m.

73.6 41.0

10:00 a.m.

71.0 42.0

10:15 a.m.

74.3 46.1

10:30 a.m.

71.4 42.6

10:45 a.m.

73.1 45.0

11:00 a.m.

71.0 46.7

11:15 a.m.

70.6 45.9

11:30 a.m.

67.1 44.3

11:45 a.m.

67.6 44.4

12:00 p.m.

57.6 39.5

12:15 p.m.

59.1 37.1

12:30 p.m.

56.3 42.0

12:45 p.m.

60.3 42.7

1:00 p.m.

61.7 41.2

1:15 p.m.

64.7 43.2

1:30 p.m.

67.4 39.6

1:45 p.m.

70.4 39.5

2:00 p.m.

69.6 36.8

2:15 p.m.

70.7 37.7

2:30 p.m.

68.5 33.7

2:45 p.m.

69.1 34.2

3:00 p.m.

65.6 27.6

3:15 p.m.

67.5 28.5

3:30 p.m.

63.7 27.3

3:45 p.m.

62.8 24.2

4:00 p.m.

54.7 16.5

4:15 p.m.

51.9 17.1

4:30 p.m.

43.7 16.1

4:45 p.m.

42.2 14.8

5:00 p.m.

25.0 10.3

5:15 p.m.

22.4 8.5

5:30 p.m.

18.4 7.4

5:45 p.m.

18.1 7.0

6:00 p.m.

14.2 7.6

6:15 p.m.

14.0 8.1

6:30 p.m.

12.7 10.6

6:45 p.m.

12.2 11.8

7:00 p.m.

11.2 9.9

7:15 p.m.

10.6 9.5

7:30 p.m.

10.8 9.5

7:45 p.m.

10.5 9.0

8:00 p.m.

8.6 7.8

8:15 p.m.

8.8 8.6

8:30 p.m.

8.1 8.8

8:45 p.m.

8.1 9.7

9:00 p.m.

8.7 9.8

9:15 p.m.

8.9 9.1

9:30 p.m.

8.0 8.3

9:45 p.m.

8.3 8.0

10:00 p.m.

6.9 7.8

10:15 p.m.

6.7 7.8

10:30 p.m.

6.6 3.7

10:45 p.m.

6.3 2.9

11:00 p.m.

5.4 2.2

11:15 p.m.

6.0 2.2

11:30 p.m.

4.3 1.5

11:45 p.m.

4.3 1.5

12:00 a.m.

3.9 1.8

12:15 a.m.

4.0 1.8

12:30 a.m.

3.8 1.7

12:45 a.m.

3.9 1.5

1:00 a.m.

3.3 1.1

1:15 a.m.

3.1 1.1

1:30 a.m.

3.2 1.2

1:45 a.m.

3.1 1.2

2:00 a.m.

2.3 0.2

2:15 a.m.

2.3 0.2

2:30 a.m.

2.4 0.4

2:45 a.m.

2.4 0.4

3:00 a.m.

2.2 0.4

3:15 a.m.

2.2 0.4

3:30 a.m.

2.2 0.3

3:45 a.m.

2.7 0.3

Note: Data include all wage and salary working mothers living with their children under age 18 on an average nonholiday weekday.

Source: 2017–18 American Time Use Survey Leave and Job Flexibilities Module.