This statistic shows the distribution of preferred employment status by women with children in the United States in 2016, by by current employment status and age of child. In 2016, about 57 percent of unemployed mothers with children under 18 preferred the homemaker role over having to work outside the home in the United States.
If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family?
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Gallup. (October 5, 2016). If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/
Gallup. "If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family?." Chart. October 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/
Gallup. (2016). If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/
Gallup. "If You Were Free to Do Either, Would You Prefer Having a Job outside The Home, or Would You Prefer to Stay at Home and Take Care of The House and Family?." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/
Gallup, If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
If you were free to do either, would you prefer having a job outside the home, or would you prefer to stay at home and take care of the house and family? [Graph], Gallup, October 5, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/780201/us-mothers-employment-preferences-homemaker-role-vs-outside-job/