Secondary Childcare Next, the interviewer asks questions to obtain information on secondary childcare, defined as occurring when the DP had a child under age 13 in his or her care while doing other activities. The interviewer also asks what time the first child under age 13 got up and what time the last child under 13 went to bed.
In 2003, secondary childcare activities performed by the DP were captured separately for 1) household and own nonhousehold children under 13, and 2) non-own nonhousehold children under 13. After 2003, universes to the questions were altered so that separate measures could be developed for time the DP spent providing secondary childcare to 1) own household children, 2) non-own household children, 3) own nonhousehold children, and 4) non-own nonhousehold children. Because the questions during and after 2003 were similar in structure, with differences only in the universes, they are shown below only as they were asked in 2004 and after.