This statistic displays perceptions on stay-at-home fathers in selected European countries in 2019. Among the respondents, 81 percent of those in the Great Britain stated that a man who stays at home to look after his children is not less of a man, compared to 13 percent who held the opposite view.

The statistic above provides information about the number of fathers living with children under 18 who do not work outside the home in the United States in 1989 and 2012. In 2012, the number of stay-at-home dads stood at 2 million.

This survey, conducted in the United States in 2012, shows the share of fathers and mothers who were stay-at-home parents at the time. In 2012, 16 percent of stay-at-home parents in the United States were fathers.

The statistic above provides information about the reasons why American fathers stay at home with their children instead of working in 1989 and 2012. In 1989, 5 percent of stay-at-home fathers stated they were home to care for home/family. In 2012, this percentage had increased up to 21.

This statistic presents the results of a survey conducted in 2019 about the share of individuals in Japan who believe that stay-at-home fathers are less of a man. According to data published by Ipsos, the majority of Japanese respondents, around 66 percent, disagreed that fathers, who stay home to look after their children are less of a man.

This statistic shows the share of respondents who agree that a man who stays home to look after his children is less of a man in South Korea as of January 2019, broken down by gender. According to the Ipsos survey, 84 percent of female respondents agreed that stay-at-home fathers were less of a man in South Korea.

In the third quarter of 2022, there were 141 thousand of stay-at-home dads in the United Kingdom, up from 105 thousand in the same period in 2019. This is an increase of over 34 percent since before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. According to the source, despite a social change in parenting, stay-at-home dads remain in the minority with 28 percent of women out of the labor force due to family obligations, compared to just seven percent of men.

This statistic shows the share of respondents who were of the opinion that a man who stays home to look after his children is less of a man in Malaysia as of January 2019. According to the Ipsos survey, 22 percent of respondents were of the opinion that stay-at-home fathers were less of a man in Malaysia. In comparison, 74 percent of the respondents disagreed with the statement above. Information on the gender breakdown for this result can be found here.

About two million Hispanic families with a single father were living in the United States in 2023. However, this is still a significant increase from 1990, when there were about 341,000 Hispanic families with a single father living in the U.S.

In 2023, there were about 1.18 million Black families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were 472,000 Black families with a single father in the U.S.

In 2023, there were about 3.54 million white, non-Hispanic families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were around 1.95 million white families with a single father in the U.S.

In 2023, there were around 7.21 million families with a male householder and no spouse present in the United States. You can get an overview on the total number of households in the U.S. here.

In 2023, there were about 15.09 million children living with a single mother in the United States, and about 3.05 million children living with a single father. The number of children living with a single mother is down from its peak in 2012, and the number of children living with a single father is down from its peak in 2005.

Marriage and divorce in the United States

Despite popular opinion in the United States that “half of all marriages end in divorce,” the divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen significantly since 1992. The marriage rate, which has also been decreasing since the 1990s, was still higher than the divorce rate in 2021. Half of all marriages may not end in divorce, but it does seem that fewer people are choosing to get married in the first place.

New family structures

In addition to a falling marriage rate, fewer people in the U.S. have children under the age of 18 living in the house in comparison to 1970. Over the past decade, the share of families with children under 18, whether that be married couples or single parents, has stayed mostly steady, although the number of births in the U.S. has also fallen.

The statistic displayed above shows the number of housewives and stay-at-home dads in Belgium from 2006 to 2021. In 2021, approximately 20.2 thousand men older than 15 were stay-at-home dads, and roughly 330.7 thousand women older than 15 were housewives.

This statistic shows the labor force participation rate of parents with children under six in the United States in 2014, by race and gender. In 2014, the labor force participation rate of black women with children under six was 77.7 percent, about 11 percent higher than the rate for the total female population.

The number of single parents housing underage children in Germany has been increasing with figures for single fathers amounting to 181 thousand in 2018. In comparison, the number of single mothers with underage children amounted to roughly 1.3 million that year, a decrease compared to the previous years, in which the number amounted to almost 1.4 million.

Single parents

General statistics on households with children in Germany show that most families had one child, though it is not always possible to determine whether this was a household with one parent or two. Reasons for being a single parent may vary. It may be due to a court-appointed decision after a divorce, the death of a partner or other circumstances which might have led to parenting a child or children alone. When considering single mothers, additional reasons may include having children outside of a relationship or biological fathers refusing to be involved in raising children. These are only a few examples. As far as families with underage children are concerned, most German households had two children under the age of 18.

Child benefits

In many ways, Germany is a country which encourages and supports the population in having children, also financially. Monthly child benefit payments increase with more offspring. Single parents are also eligible for an alimony advance until their child turns 18, if not being financially supported by the second parent.

The statistic above provides information about the the share of stay-at-home parents in the United States, by gender. In 1989, about 90 percent of stay-at-home parents were mothers.

Worldwide, slightly more than one in five think that men staying at home to care for their children are less of a man. This was especially the case in South Korea, where nearly three fourths had this opinion. On the other hand, only 10 percent in Japan agreed with this.

In 2017, 16 percent of stay-at-home parents in the United States reported participating only in the gig economy: so individuals who do gig work exclusively. This is in comparison to seven percent of stay-at-home parents who had a traditional full- or part-time job in addition to working in the gig economy.

In 2022, about 60 percent of Hispanic origin children lived with two married parents in the United States. On the other hand, about 4.3 percent of Hispanic origin children in the country lived with their father only.