{"id":16414,"date":"2012-06-12T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/most-say-being-a-father-today-is-more-difficult\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:22","slug":"most-say-being-a-father-today-is-more-difficult","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/06\/12\/most-say-being-a-father-today-is-more-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Say Being a Father Today is More Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked whether the job of being a father is easier, more difficult or about the same as it was a generation ago, 63% of fathers with children under age 18 say it is more difficult; 8 percent say is easier and 26% say it is about the same.Among men, fathers are more likely than other men to say dads have taken on a greater role in recent decades (52% vs. 39%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mothers are more likely than fathers to say that today\u2019s dads are more engaged with their children. Among mothers with children under age 18, 49% say fathers today spend more time with their children than fathers did 20 or 30 years ago. Only 36% of dads agree.\nJust about all fathers agree that the benefits of being a parent are worth the costs and the work; 70% say they agree strongly and another 27% agree.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is little agreement, however, with the notion that people can\u2019t be truly happy if they are not parents. Among fathers, only a small minority (14%) agrees or strongly agrees with the statement that people can\u2019t be really happy unless they have children; 84% disagree or strongly disagree.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men with no children are less likely than fathers to think that people can\u2019t be really happy unless they have children\u2014some 8% agree or strongly agree with that statement, while 91% disagree or strongly disagree. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2011\/06\/15\/a-tale-of-two-fathers\/3\/#chapter-2-attitudes-about-fatherhood\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About six-in-ten fathers believe being a dad has become more difficult than it was 20 or 30 years ago, and 48% of mothers agree, according to those surveyed with children under age 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