Study Reports Some Surprising Findings About Our Nation’s Mothers

More moms are staying home:

It was the norm for women to stay at home in our grandparents’ generation, even after the kids went to school.

After a sharp decline over the last several decades, more women are once again staying at home with the kids, some even after they start school.

In 1967, roughly 50 percent of women were stay-at-home moms, dropping sharply to only 23 percent in the late 1990s.

Now, with more resources like companies offering work at home options and many mothers starting their own home businesses, the number is increasing once again.  Now, nearly 30 percent of women stay at home.

It may come as no surprise that the majority of these women (two-thirds) are married with working husbands to help with the financial aspect.  But a growing number are single mothers who have found a way to earn income while making their children the priority.

The findings suggest that these women are working from home, whether online for an employer, or becoming entrepreneurs.  And many are sharing expenses like rent and assisting each other with childcare by finding other single moms to reside with.