3/1/13
Nearly seven in 10 mothers (69%) feel pressured to work because their family can’t survive without the added income, according to TheBump.com and ForbesWoman.com. More than half of working moms (52%) say others make them feel that they aren’t devoting enough time to their children, and 44% of stay-at-home moms say others make them feel like they aren’t pulling their financial weight.
One in three working moms (34%) say their work performance declined after having a baby and they wished they were home with their children; 47% feel their overall happiness would increase if they weren’t working.
Meanwhile, 15% of stay-at-home moms resent their partner for being the one to continue to work and 19% say their overall happiness would increase if they worked outside of the home.
No More ‘Me’ Time
One in five stay-at-home moms (14%) say the primary factor in deciding not to return to work was not being able to afford childcare. Nearly half of stay-at-home moms (44%) anticipate returning to work full time at some point. That said, 65% of these moms worry that the economic climate will make it harder for them to find a job.
Nearly half of working moms (48%) and 34% of stay-at-homes say their biggest sacrifice after becoming a mother is me time. Notably, 78% of stay-at-home and 63% of working moms spend less than $100 on themselves each month.
Both working (84%) and stay-at-home (66%) moms feel that being able to stop working to raise children is a financial luxury.
Sources: Forbes, Alexandra Talty, Senior Manager, Editorial Publicity, 90 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011; 212-367-4874; atalty@forbes.com; www.forbes.com.
XO Group, Melissa Bach, 462 Broadway, #6, New York, NY 10013; 212-515-3594; mbach@xogrp.com; www.thebump.com.
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