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==Correlates and possible causes== | ==Correlates and possible causes== | ||
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In the USA, labor force nonparticipation among men has ''increased'' 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001</ref> While labor force nonparticipation among women has decreased 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002</ref> Only 16% of dads are stay-at-home.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stay-at-home-fathers_n_7261020</ref> And only about 5% of that 16% choose to be so.<ref>https://www.athomedad.org/media-resources/statistics/</ref> | In the USA, labor force nonparticipation among men has ''increased'' 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001</ref> While labor force nonparticipation among women has decreased 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002</ref> Only 16% of dads are stay-at-home.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stay-at-home-fathers_n_7261020</ref> And only about 5% of that 16% choose to be so.<ref>https://www.athomedad.org/media-resources/statistics/</ref> Thus, only 0.02% of the male US population choose to be stay at home dads in any given year. | ||
The share of married, prime-age men not participating in the labor market has ''declined'' in the last two decades. However there is an overall increase in labor nonparticipation among unmarried, prime-age men. Half of prime-age nonparticipating men are unmarried.<ref>https://www.kansascityfed.org/~/media/files/publicat/econrev/econrevarchive/2018/1q18tuzemen.pdf</ref> | The share of married, prime-age men not participating in the labor market has ''declined'' in the last two decades. However there is an overall increase in labor nonparticipation among unmarried, prime-age men. Half of prime-age nonparticipating men are unmarried.<ref>https://www.kansascityfed.org/~/media/files/publicat/econrev/econrevarchive/2018/1q18tuzemen.pdf</ref> | ||