An Interesting find on Stay-at-Home Dads

This is pretty much it in a nutshell (click on the picture for the full report):

According to this PewResearch graphic, there has been a steady growth in stay at home dads which have spiked for a bit since the Great Recession. Not very surprising there, economically speaking.

Here are some key points I found by reading this report:

1. In 1989, 4% of these fathers were at home. In 2013, that percentage was at 7.
2. Black fathers stay at home more: since the Great Recession the biggest increases occurred among blacks, Hispanics and Asian Americans; and a more modest increase occurred among whites.
3. In contrast, Hispanic and Asian-American mothers are the most likely to be at home by about 1/3 each. After them in staying at home is 27% of black mothers and 26% of white mothers. 
4. It does not really matter if you were born in the country: The likelihood of being a stay-at-home father is similar for both native-born and foreign-born fathers. 
5. Reasons dads stay at home: 23% can't find a job, 21% to care for home or family, 35% due to illness, disability.
6. Your chances of staying at home are greater with lower levels of education: 14% of fathers who lack a high school diploma are at home, as are 10% of those with just a high school diploma. 
7. Of all fathers who live with at least one of their children, stay-at-home fathers are less worse off financially than their working counterparts. 
8. The stay-at-home fathers are quite a bit older than working fathers. About 43% of stay-at-home fathers are ages 45 years or older: that is 33% among employed fathers. 
9. In a stark contrast, stay-at-home moms tend to be younger than their counterparts in the workforce.

I wonder if these findings are correlated with the emergence of many stay-at-home types of jobs: jobs that may require an enhanced technical ability, whether it be computer science related or graphic design jobs, where one can stay at home. 

If you want to read more on the topic, you can either click that picture (like I mentioned) or you can just click here. 

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