---
"title": "Hispanic Stay-at-Home Mothers"
"description": "This links to a FactTank posting about Hispanic stay-at-home mothers, and beliefs among Hispanics about whether children are better off with a parent at home."
"date": "2014-04-24"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "D’Vera Cohn"
    "job_title": "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2014/04/24/hispanic-stay-at-home-mothers/"
"categories":
  - "Household Structure & Family Roles"
---

# Hispanic Stay-at-Home Mothers

A [recent Pew Research Center report ](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/)showed that Hispanics (and Asians) are more likely than whites or blacks to be stay-at-home mothers. Additional analysis shows that Hispanic immigrants (44%) are even more likely than U.S.-born Hispanic mothers (29%) to be home with their children–and to believe that a stay-at-home parent is best for children. [Read more at FactTank.](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2014/04/24/among-hispanics-immigrants-more-likely-to-be-stay-at-home-moms-and-to-believe-thats-best-for-kids/)