economic implications

• what does research shows about the number of dads who chose to stay home and care for children & families?

  it has quadrupled over past 25 years

  -COHN et al
• what does increase in number of stay at home dads reflect


  -changing attitudes to home roles

  -greater acceptance for men to be housekeepers & looking after children
• financial benefits & economy 


  -parents can select person with higher salary to return to work

  -families have more money to spend

  -straightening economy
• economic recessions


  -tends to be professionals (healthcare, teaching, retail...) that recover fastest & suffer fewest redundancies

  -construction, office work, manufacturing suffer more > predominantly male workforce

  -could indicate rise in stay at home dads not being voluntary