Most Americans believe that being a father is the most important role for a man to fill, but they are still more likely to visit their mom on Mother's Day.

A new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals that 57% of adults say they will visit their fathers this Sunday. That's 10% fewer than those who said they'd visit their mother for Mother's Day last month .

But dads will get more telephone calls. A third (33%) of adults say that they will call their fathers on their big day. Last month's survey found that 27% intended to call their moms on Mother's Day.

For Americans whose fathers are still alive, the new survey finds that 59% plan to buy dad a gift for Father's Day, but 32% will not. Women (65%) are more likely to purchase presents for their father than men (52%).

Seventy-one percent (71%) say fatherhood is a man's chief role, while 15% disagree and a like number are undecided. Those figures have held steady over the past couple of years.

Last month's Mother's Day survey found that 64% say being a mother is the most important role for a woman to fill in today's world. Twenty percent (20%) said otherwise and 16% were unsure.

Thirty-one percent (31%) last month declared Mother's Day as one of the nation's most important holidays, but in the new findings just 14% deemed Father's Day as that important. In fact, 20% said it is one of the nation's least important holidays while only 8% said the same about Mother's Day.

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