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Could it be that in 2023, both parents were more likely to return to work than in 1995? (Probably because it was essential for the family's economic survival,

Could it be that in 2023, both parents were more likely to return to work than in 1995? (Probably because it was essential for the family's economic survival, but perhaps just because that was more the expected norm.)

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> in 2023, both parents were more likely to return to work than in 1995 Dual-income households were less prevalent in 2017 (54.4%) than 1998 (56.5%) [1]. Looking at just families, it went up from 2022 to 2023, but I don't see data for 1995 [2]. [1] https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2020/article/comparing-characteristics-and-selected-expenditures-of-dual-and-single-income-households-with-children.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2020/article/comparing-characte... [2] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/famee.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/famee.pdf