Best way to org family work life with under school age child

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best way for them to organize their family and work life?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	both the mother and father work full-time	both the mother and father work part-time	don't know	no answer	the father stays at home and the mother works full-time	the father works part-time and the mother works full-time	the mother stays at home and the father works full-time	the mother works part-time and the father works full-time	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	672	113	60	316	9	7	2	379	416	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	2383	231	94	341	7	4	2	219	252	11	-	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	69927	344	154	657	16	11	4	598	668	11	3309	75699

Values

• 1 the mother stays at home and the father works full-time

• 2 the mother works part-time and the father works full-time

• 3 both the mother and father work full-time

• 4 both the mother and father work part-time

• 5 the father works part-time and the mother works full-time

• 6 the father stays at home and the mother works full-time

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook