From 1997 to 2007:
Full-Time Work Grows Less Attractive to Moms
Considering everything, what would be the ideal situation for you — working full-time, part-time, or not at all outside the home?
— Working Mothers — — At-Home Mothers —
1997 2007 Change 1997 2007 Change
% % '97 to'07 % % '97 to '07
What's ideal for you?
Full-time work 32 21 -11 24 16 -8
Part-time work 48 60 +12 37 33 -4
Not working 20 19 -1 39 48 +9
Don't know – – – 3
# of Respondents 317 259 140 153
Note: Based on mothers with children under age 18
[Pew Research Center; Network News, July-August 2007]