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Girls without fathers in their lives are 2.5 times more likely to get pregnant and 53% more likely to commit suicide. (Foster ...read more
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Motherhood In Newsweek’s Jane Bryant Quinn notes “a rising proportion of young women appear to be choosing motherhood over career.” Her theory on why,” It’s one of prosperity’s side effects.” A booming economy has driven up young men’s wages, making a second income a ...read more
Retro Twist: For a growing number of affluent families, the husband is earning enough for the wife to become a stay-at-home mom. Nearly 50% of households earning between $250,000 and $499,999 have only one bread-winner, up from just 38% 6 years earlier. ...read more
66% of all U.S. mothers with children age 3 or less are working, compared with 50% in ’90 and 42% in ’80. (Foster ...read more
Moms At Work The U.S. Census reports that a record of 59% of mothers with infants at home in ’98 went back to work, up from 31% in ’76. For the 1st time, dual income families are now in the majority; only 24% of married couples with ...read more
Moms: The most popular Mothers Day gifts this year were cards (47%), flowers (36%) and gardening items, such as plants or equipment ...read more
Men spend more on their mothers than women do, $45 to $29 respectively. (Foster Letter ...read more
An average of 3.4 hours is spent cleaning the house per week. (Foster Letter ...read more
An adult who has never been married heads 17% of U.S. households with children under 18. (Foster ...read more
A Mother’s Place Is At Home: 66% of American women with preschool children—and 56% of those with infants less than a year old—are in the labor force, but attitudes toward working mothers have changed little. Various research reports from the Lucile Packard foundation find that 75%-80% of Americans ...read more
Women purchase 97% of spiritual growth resources for families. (Foster Letter ...read more
Mom At Home: According to the Census Bureau, fewer mothers are heading back to work during the first year of their child’s life. 55% of the 3.9 million women age 15 to 44 who gave birth between 7/99 and 6/00 returned to work. That ...read more
The number of working U.S. mothers peaked in ’98 at 59%. In ’00 it dropped to 55%. (Foster Letter ...read more
Ladies Waiting: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age at which American women are having their first child has climbed to an all-time high of 25.1—up ...read more
Fewer Working Moms: The percentage of new mothers who work fell to 55% in ’00 from 59% in ’98 and hasn’t risen since according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A recent survey finds that 25% of women who plan to have children think they will ...read more
Profitable Memories: The Hobby Industry Association reports scrapbooking is its fastest-growing sector, with sales of supplies quadrupling in the last 5 years, to an estimated $2 billion. And that figure is expected to grow 40% to 80% annually over the next 5 years. While the industry had too few ...read more
Mommy Exodus: Participation in the U.S. workforce by married mothers with a child less than 1 year old has declined 6% between ’97 and ‘00. This first ever decline is mostly among 30-year-old, well-educated, white female professionals. The Census Bureau reports 22% of moms with graduate or ...read more
Mother’s Day is second only to Christmas in terms of gift giving, and is celebrated by 75% of gifters, who spend on average $94 buying gifts, according to Unity Marketing. “Year after year Mom is remembered with traditional gifts, including flowers and plants (51%); candles and accessories (47%); ...read more
66% of Americans plan to buy their mother or step-mother a Mothers Day gift; 42.6% of men will also shop for their wives. ...read more
In ‘02, only 7% of all U.S. households consisted of married couples with children and only the husband worked. (Foster ...read more
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