Stay-at-home fathers 'up by 900%'
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The number of stay-at-home fathers in the UK has risen 10-fold in the last decade, a survey suggests.
The results of the survey of 1,000 parents suggest around 6% of fathers, or 600,000 men, are now their child's primary carer, up from 60,000 in 2000.
The majority of stay-at-home fathers quizzed said the reason for this was because the mother earned more money.
The web survey for insurance firm Aviva said the mother earned more in one in six of all the households it surveyed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8605824.stm
The results of the survey of 1,000 parents suggest around 6% of fathers, or 600,000 men, are now their child's primary carer, up from 60,000 in 2000.
The majority of stay-at-home fathers quizzed said the reason for this was because the mother earned more money.
The web survey for insurance firm Aviva said the mother earned more in one in six of all the households it surveyed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8605824.stm
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