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It’s Not Just Stay-at-Home Moms

The Obama Economy Creates Rising Numbers of Stay-at-Home Moms, Dads and Adult Children
April 24, 2012 — Facts Are Stubborn Things   

1 million stay-at-home moms who would rather have been working in 2009-2011


 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey Data on Families and Living Arrangements
 

1.6 million stay-at-home dads who would rather have been working in 2009-2011

 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey Data on Families and Living Arrangements

 
 
Rising share of stay-at-home adult children due to diminished job prospects in 2009-2011

 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey Data on Families and Living Arrangements

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