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There was a total of 2 , 851 . 5 female participants who disagreed with the statement . 9 . 1 % of men and 6 . 8 % of women strongly disagreed with that statement . 52 . 6 % of respondents who strongly disagreed with the statement were men . 47 . 4 % respondents who strongly disagreed with the statement were women . There was a total of 987 . 1 participants who strongly disagreed with the statement and were males . There was a total of 887 . 8 participants who strongly disagreed with the statement and were females . The hypothesis , women more likely than men will agree with the statement , “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work ,” was supported ( χ 2 = 910 . 81 , p < 0 . 001 ).
among people of different educational levels . Thus , 51 % of college graduates believe that children ’ s development is better when one parent is at home ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Another 43 % of college graduates said that is OK if both parents work ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). 66 % of adults who had only a high school diploma or less education said that children should be at home with at least one parent ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). 30 % of those adults believed that children ’ s development is fine with both parents working ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Another limitation of the present study is that it did not utilize data regarding a participant ’ s income level or political and religious affiliations , and these factors could change the results of the research . People of different social and economic classes or different political and religious views would have different opinions on this question ( Cohn et al ., 2014 ). For example , Hispanics are significantly more likely than Caucasians or African Americans to believe that development of children is much better when one parent stays at home ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). That is , 73 % of the Hispanic population compared to 57 % of both Caucasians and African Americans ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). The survey was also taken among members of different religious affiliations ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Thus , 69 % of white evangelical Protestants believed it ’ s better for at least one parent to stay at home with children , and 26 % of them said that children ’ s development would not be affected if both parents work ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). White Protestants and white Catholics tend to agree on this question , even though both groups prefer to see a caring parent at home ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). 46 % of adults who were not associated with any religion said that one parent should stay at home , and 50 % of them believed it does not matter ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Interestingly , mothers and fathers split their opinions on that subject as well ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). 69 % of fathers were more likely than mothers ( 56 %) to believe that it is better for a parent ( a mother ) to stay at home ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Around seven - in - ten fathers say children are better off when a parent stays home to focus on the family ; only 58 % of men who are not fathers agree ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Although the opinions on working mothers have changed and , we expect , will continue to change over time , this study can serve a unique purpose to people of different educational backgrounds . First , readers will learn how and why public opinions about working mothers have changed . Second , readers will be able to do their own research based on the provided literature . Following the provided references , readers will be able to explore people ’ s opinions based on their cultural , ethnic , economic , and educational backgrounds . The study can be useful for lawmakers , who might change the way people see maternity leave and change the laws for working mothers . Since choosing quality and affordable childcare is the most important decision for working mothers , changing laws about subsidies for working mothers would have a great impact on readiness of children for school and their future success in life . Thus , this study provides is its unique approach to people of different cultural , ethnic , economic , and educational backgrounds .
DISCUSSION The current study concentrated on investigating the
difference in opinions between men and women regarding the statement , “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work .” According to the results from several researchers from the past , outcomes from the current study certainly reinforced the hypothesis ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Remarkably , the present study discovered an estimated 11 . 8 % difference between men and women who disagreed on the statement ( Smith , et al ., 2010 ). The results specified that there were 11 . 8 % more men than women who disagreed regarding working women having a warm relationship with their children . These results are important even though past research already demonstrated that men dislike when mothers work ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). There are some important limitations . First , the results showed that there were 2 , 244 . 8 more females than males , who participated in the study . Hence , the research cannot determine if the results could be different if the number of males and females were equal . Second , the changes in opinions towards the working mothers could change over time . For example , opinions of people about family values and stereotypical behaviors of women were different in 1974 in comparison with opinions in 2014 ( Motro & Vanneman , 2015 ). Future researchers should concentrate on additional examination of the changes in views regarding the working mothers . For example , during the rise of feminism in the 1990s , the negative representation of working mothers displayed a troubled working mother and her children left in child care ( Motro & Vanneman , 2015 ). However , since 1974 , people ’ s views on working mothers have changed ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Cohn et al . ( 2014 ) believe that the nation ’ s demographics have transformed since 1970 and redesigned the view of stay - at - home mothers ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). According to Cohn et al . ( 2014 ), due to changes due to the rise in women ’ s education levels , 25 % of 2012 ’ s stay - at - home moms were college graduates in comparison with 7 % of stay - at - home moms in 1970 . Data shows that in 1970 , 35 % of stay - at - home mothers did not have high school diplomas in comparison to 19 % of stay - at - home mothers today ( Cohn , et al ., 2014 ). Thus , this study needs to concentrate on such moments , which can impact results . There are also different views on this subject
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