Number of stay at home mothers is on the rise again, it's back to where it was in the mid 80s. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decli

Number of stay at home mothers is on the rise again, it's back to where it was in the mid 80s. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-d... That doesn't necessarily refute your hypothesis though, because it takes times for behaviors to change.