{"id":17382,"date":"2009-10-20T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:41:55","slug":"working-moms-hectic-but-no-less-happy-life","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2009\/10\/20\/working-moms-hectic-but-no-less-happy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Moms: Hectic but No Less Happy Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working mothers often feel the pull of their competing roles in the office and at home. While only 24% of the public reports always being rushed, fully 40% of working mothers with children under age 18 say they always feel rushed, and another 52% say they sometimes feel rushed. Mothers who do not work (26%) and working fathers (25%) are much less likely to always feel rushed. Stay-at-home moms are about as likely to feel stressed (82%) as are working moms(86%) but both are significantly more stressed than are working fathers (74%). Still, while working mothers may face a more chaotic life, they are no less happy than other parents. Both 36% of working moms and stay-at-home moms \u2014 as well as roughly the same number of working fathers (38%) \u2014 report being very happy with their lives. And working moms are also just as likely to be very satisfied with their family life as moms who do not work (78% of working moms vs. 75% of at-home moms). One group that is less happy, however, are single mothers with children under age 18. Only 27% of this group say they are very happy, and just 63% are very satisfied with their family life. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pubs\/1360\/working-women-conflicted-but-few-favor-return-to-traditional-roles\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little more than a third of working moms are very happy, exactly the same percentage as stay-at-home 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