Pew Research, in a recent research report, revealed that the not just the number of working moms is on rise but that mother are now the sole or primary income provider in a record 40% of households with children – that’s nearly four times the rate from 1960. Earlier this year, Washington Post aptly report this change in trend as a “sweeping change in traditional gender roles and family life over a few short decades.” Way To Go Working Mommies, Let ‘Er Rip!

2. 67%
of mothers in
the US are
WORKING
MOMS.

3. The ratio of
WORKING MOMS
in the US has gone
up a whopping
800%
since 1860.

4. SOUTH DAKOTA
leads the Top 10
States for Working
Mothers with
79.9%
of MOMS working.

5. 32%
Of working
moms think their
ideal life
situation involves
FULL-TIME WORK.

6. Mothers are
now the sole
INCOME
PROVIDER in
40%
of households
w/ children.

7. 37%
Working Mothers
have a
HIGHER INCOME
than their
Husbands.

8. 74%
of full-time
working mothers
have
CHILDREN 17
YEAR OLD OR
YOUNGER.

9. 55%
say they
struggle to
balance their
CAREER and
FAMILY.

10. 34%
of STAY-AT-HOME
MOTHERS are poor,
compared to
12%
of WORKING
MOTHERS.

11. 60%
of Americans say
CHILDREN ARE
BETTER OFF WHEN
A PARENT STAYS
HOME to focus
on the family.

12. Way To Go, Ladies!