" A new study by LDI Senior Fellow Pilar Gonalons‑Pons and Zohra Ansari‑Thomas examines five decades of data to reveal how Americans divide the labor of caregiving–both paid and unpaid–for both children and adults. They find relative stability in the division of care work across domains–paid and unpaid, child and adult–but substantial changes across gender and racial groups. Notably, men are doing more at home, and care responsibilities are falling less on nonwhite women than in the past. Yet despite these changes, structural inequalities persist, and public policies have not kept pace. As policymakers grapple with how to care for the young and old among us, this research offers critical insights into who provides care now. "  - Penn LDI

Citation: "Who Cares? Study Reveals 50 Years of U.S. Caregiving Trends," Penn LDI, J Hinckley, June 26, 2025. 

Study Citation: Gonalons-Pons P & Ansari-Thomas Z. 2025 "The Social Division of Care Work Time Over Half a Century." Duke University Press