Hello loebandco,
According to the report, Children's Living Arrangements and
Characteristics dated March 2002, children under 15 represented 84
percent of the 49.7 million children under 18 living with two parents.
Of these, about 11 million lived with "stay-at-home" moms and only
189,000 with "stay-at-home" dads.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03-97.html
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Children’s Living Arrangements and Characteristics: March 2002
Issued June 2003
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-547.pdf
“In March 2002, 1.5 million children under age 15 lived with two
parents and their fathers were not in the labor force for the entire
previous year. Among this group, 336,000 had fathers who were not
in the labor force primarily so they could care for the family.
Further limiting the population to children who were living with a
father who was not in the labor force in order to care for his family,
but whose mothers were in the labor force for all of the previous year
revealed a group of 189,000 children under age 15, about 0.5 percent
of children under 15 living with two parents. This group comprised
105,000 married fathers with children under 15.”
There are a couple of tables with excellent information but due to
formatting difficulties of this forum it is not possible to reproduce
them here. I will provide you with the page number for each table so
that you will be able to locate them easily.
Table 4 – page 9
Children by Their Parents' Current Labor Force Status: March 2002 (In
thousands)
Table 5 – page 10
Children under Age 15 in Two-Parent Families with a Stay-At-Home
Parent: March 2002 (In thousands)
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-547.pdf
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Facts for Features by the U.S. Census Bureau
“105,000 is the estimated number of "stay-at-home" dads. These are
married fathers with children under 15 who are not in the labor force
primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work
outside the home. These fathers cared for 189,000 children in 2002.”
“2 million is the number of preschoolers cared for by their fathers
more hours than by any other child-care provider while their mothers
are at work. This amounts to about 1-in-5 preschoolers of employed
mothers.”
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Public Information Office
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03-ff08.html
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High unemployment and a sluggish economy are forcing more and more
dads to stay at home.
June 13, 2003
“Stay-at-home dads are still far from the norm. According to
government statistics, households with a working wife and non-working
husband account for only 1 in 20 married couples and with the average
woman still making just 76 cents to the man's dollar, most men are
still their family's major breadwinners.”
“Women, however, are earning more college degrees and MBAs than men,
according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and one in
three women currently earn more than her husband.
When traditional roles are reversed, experts say, it is the children
who often win because many times, working moms will go that extra mile
to connect to their children.”
CNN: June 2003
http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/13/news/economy/fathers_day/
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“Data shows that just over 20 percent of preschoolers in
married-couple households are cared for by their fathers--up from 17
percent in 1997, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And while
at-home fathers still make up a small percentage of fathers in the
United States, they are finding each other in playgroups and online.”
“For many families, the decision about who will stay home with the
kids hinges on who brings in the bigger paycheck. While women still
earn 76 cents for every dollar earned by men, 15 percent of wives earn
at least $5,000 more than their husbands. That number is likely to
grow as young women pull ahead of men in higher education, with its
ticket to a higher income. Thirty-three percent of women, ages 25 to
34, have completed college, compared with 29 percent of men in the
same age group, according to U.S. Census Data.”
“Early indications are that moms reap career benefits when dads stay
home with the kids. More than one-third of the women on Fortune
magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in business have a
husband at home either full- or part-time.”
Women’s News
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1414/context/archive
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From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
More children have at-home mother
By Genaro C. Armas
“Full-time stay-at-home fathers took care of 189,000 children in 2002,
up 18 percent.”
Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/childrens_health/6103941.htm
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Why Moms Stay Home by Joan C. Williams
Thursday, July 17, 2003; Page A21
“A closer look at the relevant Census data reveals that the number of
stay-at-home fathers has also jumped -- by 18 percent since 1994.”
“Children under 15 are 56 times more likely to live with a
stay-at-home mother than with a stay-at-home father. Roughly one in
three U.S. kids under 15 has a mom at home full time. The equivalent
figure for fathers is under 1 percent.”
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3472-2003Jul16
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Stay-at-home fathers mix business with child care
By Ann Montgomery
“There are more than 2 million men in the United States who opt to be
stay-at-home dads. They keep part-time jobs or work out of their home,
but the majority of their day is spent caring for their children.”
Beloit Daily News
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/603/dads14.htm
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MR. MOMS MULTIPLY
By JENNIFER GOULD and ASHLEY CROSS
July 20, 2003
“One in five preschoolers living with both parents is now cared for
during the day by the father, according to the latest census figures.”
“That's a 3 percent jump in the last six years, according to the U.S.
Census Bureau, which estimates there are more than 2.5 million
stay-at-home-dads nationwide.”
New York Post: Regional News
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/1055.htm
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Additional information that may interest you:
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CareerBuilder.com Survey Shows 40 Percent of Working Fathers Willing
to Relinquish Breadwinner Role
“More men have become willing to give up the traditional role as
breadwinner to be stay-at-home dads, according to a CareerBuilder.com
survey. Four-in-ten working fathers indicated they would likely leave
their current jobs if their spouse or partner earned enough money for
them to live comfortably. The CareerBuilder.com survey, "A Portrait of
Working Fathers 2003," was conducted from March 20 to March 27, 2003
of 353 working fathers with children at home under the age of 18.”
CareerBuilder.com Survey: June 2003
http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pr/2003/061003.htm?cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=ec1dc088871b4dca84970437327aa9e2-115615851-wv-2
Historic Data: 1999
Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 1999
Detailed Tables http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/child/ppl-168.html
Here’s an interesting Newsweek Article “She Works, He Doesn’t”
http://www.fathers.ca/she_works_he_doesn't.htm
Can you afford a stay-at-home husband?
“More husbands are staying home with the kids while their wives bring
home the paycheck. Here are five questions you must ask if you think
this might be right for you.”
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CollegeandFamily/P55979.asp
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