Mothers now top earners in 4 in 10 US households

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By HOPE YEN

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children - a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960.

The findings by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, highlight the growing influence of "breadwinner moms" who keep their families afloat financially. While most are headed by single mothers, a growing number are families with married mothers who bring in more income than their husbands.

Demographers say the change is all but irreversible and is likely to bring added attention to child-care policies as well as government safety nets for vulnerable families. Still, the general public is not at all sure that having more working mothers is a good thing.

While roughly 79 percent of Americans reject the notion that women should return to their traditional roles, only 21 percent of those polled said the trend of more mothers of young children working outside the home is a good thing for society, according to the Pew survey.

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[OnlinePoker]

1. Bad headline

It should be 2 in 10 households, not 4 in 10.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. I think the confusion is that the graphic is not illustrating the headline.

The finding in the headline is that women are primary earners in 40% of households with children. This includes single parent households.
The graphic is illustrating the rate (1 in 5) where the heads of household are a married couple.

[OnlinePoker]

3. Ah now I understand...thank-you. n/t