This statistic represents the percentage of children living with a married stay-at-home mother and her working husband in the United States in 1970 and 2012. In 1970, 41 % of children lived in this type of household.
Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012
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Statistics on Mothers in the U.S.
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Pew Research Center. (April 8, 2014). Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012." Chart. April 8, 2014. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2014). Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Children with a Married Stay-at-home Mother with a Working Husband in The U.S. in 1970 and 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Percentage of children with a married stay-at-home mother with a working husband in the U.S. in 1970 and 2012 [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 8, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/301039/children-with-a-%25E2%2580%259Ctraditional%25E2%2580%259D-stay-at-home-mother-in-the-us/