Both parents work full-time in more than half of couples with children under 18, according to newly analyzed data.
Fifty-two percent of couples comprised of a mother and father work full-time jobs as of 2025, according to the Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau released on June 16.
That percentage is an increase from 46 percent in 2015 and 31 percent in 1975.
Black mothers are still the most likely to be in a couple where both she and the father work, according to an analysis broken down by race. Sixty percent of black mothers are in such a partnership, down slightly from 64 percent in 2000….