Saturday, April 12, 2014

Great News: More Moms Staying Home, Reversing Decades-lon​g Decline

After decades of decline, the share of mothers who stay home with their children has steadily risen over the last several years, a new report has found.

Pew attributed the rise of stay-at-home mothers to a mix of demographic, economic and societal factors. The vast majority of married stay-at-home mothers, 85%, say they are doing so by choice in order to care for their families. That rate is much lower for single stay-at-home mothers, at 41%, and cohabitating mothers, at 64%.

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/08/more-moms-are-staying-at-home-reversing-decadeslong-decline/?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsForth

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