ISNIT HARD FOR.MEN TO STAY COMMITTED FULL
When we asked about the ideal situation for men with young children, fully seven-in-ten adults said working full time would be ideal for these fathers. The public applies a much different standard to fathers. About half (47%) said working part time is ideal for these women, while 33% said not working at all would be the best situation. Only 12% of adults said the ideal situation for women with young children is to work full time. When asked what’s best for women themselves, the public expressed a similar sentiment. Even among full-time working moms, only about one-in-five (22%) said that having a full-time working mother is ideal for young children.
Yet when they were asked what is best for young children, very few adults (16%) said that having a mother who works full time is the “ideal situation.” Some 42% said that having a mother who works part time is ideal and 33% said what’s best for young children is to have a mother who doesn’t work at all.
In a 2012 Pew Research survey, the vast majority of Americans (79%) rejected the notion that women should return to their traditional role in society. And mothers spent 10.7 hours per week actively engaged in child care, compared with fathers’ 7.2 hours.Īnother factor is the way that society views the bond between mothers and their children. Among working parents of children younger than 18, mothers in 2013 spent an average of 14.2 hours per week on housework, compared with fathers’ 8.6 hours. workforce, they still devote more time than men on average to housework and child care and fewer hours to paid work, although the gap has narrowed significantly over time. While women represent nearly half of the U.S. Part of this is due to the fact that gender roles are lagging behind labor force trends.
In a 2013 survey, we found that mothers were much more likely than fathers to report experiencing significant career interruptions in order to attend to their families’ needs. But while few Americans want to see a return to traditional roles of women at home and men in the workplace, one reality persists: Women most often are the ones who adjust their schedules and make compromises when the needs of children and other family members collide with work, Pew Research Center data show. For working parents in the U.S., the challenge of juggling careers and family life continues to be a front-burner issue – one that is being recognized by a growing number of employers who have adopted family-friendly policies such as paid leave.
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