In reviewing data from the 2000 National Survey of Marriage and Family Life, Wilcox found that only 18 percent of married women with children said they would prefer to work full-time, in contrast to 46 percent who would prefer to work part-time and 36 percent who said that they would prefer to stay at home. In addition, among married moms who were working full-time, nearly 75 percent said they would rather work fewer hours or not at all.
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As opposed to what? Men who really, really want to work more?
ReplyDeleteYou mean people don't want to work? The hell you say! Brilliant insight! You're on the track to tenure now. Who wouldn't "prefer" to work full time? In many cases, to live a stable middle class life, its a necessity.
ReplyDeleteHo Hum. Old news.
ReplyDeleteCatherine Hakim in the U.K. was one of the first to point this out.
She was pilloried by the femorrhoids.
Most women work because they have to, not because they want to. Still most women are happier working out of the house for a bit.