Interesting Stay at Home Dad Statistics

Years 1988 to 1993

Fathers providing care

(In Thousands)

As primary provider of care:

(Year 1993)1,915 or 12.9%,   (1991)2,032 or 13.9%,    (1988)1,688 or 11.8%

Year 2004

105,000

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 family members while their

wives work outside the home. Stay-at-home dads care for 189,000 children.

<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/001125.html>

2 million

Number of preschoolers whose fathers care for them more hours than any other child-care provider

while their mothers are at work. This is a ratio of about 1-in-5 preschoolers of employed mothers.

<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/child/ppl-168.html>

Year 2005

Mr. Mom

98,000

Estimated number of “stay-at-home” dads. These are married fathers with children under 15 years old who have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. Among these stay-at-home dads:

* 29 percent had their own children under 3 years old living with them.

* 63 percent had two or more children.

* 40 percent had an annual family income of $50,000 or more.

Year 2007

159,000

Estimated number of stay-at-home dads in 2006. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. These fathers cared for 283,000 children. Among these stay-at-home dads:

60 percent had two or more children.

40 percent had an annual family

income of $50,000 or more.

35 percent had children younger than

3 living with them.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html

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