FIGURE 6

Parents, Including Those with Additional Care Responsibilities, Report More Work-Family Conflict

Share of working adults who say they experience each of the following sometimes or very often

Based on responses from about 2,140 working adults (509–512 not parents or caregivers, 577–578 parents with no additional care responsibilities, and 1,052–1,053 parents who also care for an adult or a child with additional needs; Ns vary slightly by question). Ns are unweighted. Both groups of parents differ significantly from those who are not parents or caregivers, except where marked; no differences between men and women were statistically significant (p < .05 for all tests).
† Difference between parents with no additional care responsibilities and those who are not parents or caregivers is not statistically significant.
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.