The Northwestern has just published an article on the rising numbers of Stay-At-Home-Fathers written by Sarah Olson.

In her article she reports some interesting figures from the 2006 US Census:

* 26.4 million fathers are part of married-couple families with children 18 or younger

* 143'000 married fathers of children 15 or younger called parenthood their primary job and remained out of the workforce one year or more.

While the numbers are rising Olson also points out that there is still a social stigma attached to being a stay-at-home-father.

Read the full article here.

-Stef

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