opt-out mothers
And yet, when examining the total population of mothers who stay at home with their children, these so-called “opt-out moms” make up a very small share (4%). Most of the recent growth in stay-at-home moms has been driven by those with less education, according to a recent Pew Research Center report.
Highly Educated "Opt-Out" Moms Are a Small Group  | Among moms who stay at home, fewer than one- in-twenty are  | highly educated "opt-out" moms home,  | Among all  | Among all moms:  | stay-at-home moms  | 4% are "opt-out"  | moms  | 29%  | Stay at  | home  | 71%  | Work  | outside  | the home  | Note: Based on mothers ages 18. 69 with own child(ren) younger than 18 in the  | household Among these moms, opt-out" mothers are married with a working  | husl band, have at least a Master' s degree have annual family incomes of $75, LOOO  | or more, and state that they are not working in forder to care for family.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of (IPUMS March CPS), Current Population Surveys  | Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS CPS), 2013  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 