Research and Academics

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America’s Families and Living ArrangementsUS Census BureauUS Census Bureau12/7/2006First produced in 2003, this report contains the Census Bureau’s analysis of stay-at-home parents, and is updated and refreshed several times per year with new data.Y
Facts for Features: Father's DayUS Census BureauUS Census Bureau6/12/2006Press release with links to statistics about stay-at-home dads. This document is the source of the annoying 143,000 figure. At least they are consistent.Y
Men staying at home looking after their children: feminist linguistic reform and social changeInternational Journal of Applied LinguisticsVolume 16 Issue 1 Page 16 - March 2006Jo Winter1 and Anne Pauwels3/1/2006Here we examine the 'naming' of men who have entered the 'occupation'– primary childcare provision – traditionally exclusively reserved for women.Y
ATTITUDES TOWARD TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL PARENTSPsychology of Women QuarterlyVolume 29 Issue 4 Page 436 - December 2005Victoria L. Brescoll1 and Eric Luis Uhlmann12/1/2005Three studies investigated attitudes toward traditional parents (stay-at-home mothers and employed fathers) and nontraditional parents (stay-at-home fathers and employed mothers) among adult men and women. Y
Facts for Features: Father's DayUS Census BureauUS Census Bureau6/10/2005Press release with links to statistics about stay-at-home dads. This document is the source of the annoying 98,000 figure.Y
A qualitative research study examining identity, perception and gender in stay-at-home dads Thesis/ dissertationOCLC: 61524130 Kate M Winkels1/1/2005Department of Speech Communication, Minnesota State University, MankatoN
Facts for Features: Father's DayUS Census BureauUS Census Bureau6/2/2003Press release with links to statistics about stay-at-home dads. This document is the source of the annoying 105,000 figure.Y
Levels of family involvement and gender role conflict among stay-at-home dadsThesis/ dissertationOCLC: 52862032Michael T Fitch1/1/2003Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2003N
Domesticating patriarchy: hegemonic masculinity and television's "Mr. Mom"Critical Studies in Media CommunicationVolume 19, Number 3 / September 2002 Mary Douglas Vavrus 9/1/2002This essay examines television news treatments of stay-at-home dads (Mr. Moms)during the late 1990s and argues that these news accounts represent a challenge to more traditional masculine identities depicted in media.Y
The Subjective Experiences of At-Home DadsPhD Dissertation, Purdue UniversityLaura A. Cobb Ph.D.8/1/2002The purpose of the present study was to investigate how at-home dads (AHDs) make the transition into the AHD-role. It also examines the subjective experiences of AHDs.Y
A comparison of the child directed speech of traditional dads with that of stay-at-home dads Thesis/ dissertationOCLC: 44735597Judith Nancarrow Barr1/1/2000Thesis (M.A.)--Portland State University. Dept. of Applied Linguistics, 2000N
Stay-at-home dadsStatistics CanadaCatalogue no. 75-001-XPE, pp. 9-15Katherine Marshall3/1/1998this article examines the characteristics of fathers who stay at home in husband-wife families with children under 16.Y
My Daddy Takes Care of MeBureau of the CensusLynne M. Casper9/1/1997A US Census reportY