Attitudes towards parental leave in the U.S. 2017

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 2017 on opinions on parental leave. Some 71 percent of respondents agreed with the statement "Mothers should stay home and take care of the child at least as long as they breastfeed".
The Survey Data Table for the Statista survey Birth & Parenthood in the United States 2017 contains the complete tables for the survey including various column headings.

Which of the following statements about parental leave do you personally agree with?

Characteristic	Share of respondents who rather or completely agree
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Number of respondents

593 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

US residential birth parents or partner of birth parents, who live with the child since birth; birth of the youngest child is not earlier than 2014 (max. 4 years old)

Supplementary notes

Multiple answers were possible.
In the survey the question was phrased as follows: "To what extent do you personally agree to the following statements?" - rather agree, completely agree

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