FIGURE 4

Six in Ten Fathers Might Be Stay-at-Home Parents, If They Had the Choice

Share of parents who say “I would be a stay-at-home parent, if I had the choice” describes them…

Based on responses from 1,946 parents (1,298 fathers and 648 mothers). Ns are unweighted.
* Statistically significant difference between mothers and fathers (p < .05).
Source: Survey of 3,345 U.S. adults, with an oversample of men and fathers, drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel and a nonprobability sample from Dynata; conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for New America’s Better Life Lab, April 6–20, 2026.