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Nearly 1 in 5 stay-at-home parents in the U.S. are dads

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By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech- The Hill, 08/03/2023
“…The percentage of stay-at-home parents who are dads has gone up by 7 percentage points since 1989, Pew data shows…In 2021, 23 percent of dads stayed home to care for the home or family, 34 percent did not work because of illness or disability, 13 percent because they were retired, another 13 percent because they could not find work outside the home, and 8 percent because they were going to school…”