WalletHub carried out a study to find out which states offer better conditions for parents who work and take care of the family, leaving Massachusetts and New Mexico at the ends of the list.
The current father no longer fits the standard of the married financial and disciplinary breadwinner perfectly. That has been especially true in recent years, where many parents have temporarily or permanently switched to working from home and, as a result, they have taken on more childcare duties.
“In 1960, 75% of American families depended on a single income, that of the father, who spent much of the week at work while the mother stayed home with the children. Now, 71.1% of married mothers work, and although it is still a little lower than 93.7% of married parents who dothe gap is closing,” says the WalletHub report.
The site specialized in financial information, points out that not all working parents are in the same situation, as some live in states with greater economic opportunity and better quality of lifeWhat others.
In order to determine the best states for men who play the dual role of father and provider, WalletHub compared all 50 US states and the District of Columbia on 23 key indicators of kindness to working fathers.
The data set encompasses four key dimensions:
· Economic and social well-being: Family income, proportion of working men living financially secure, unemployment rate for dads and others.
· Balance between work and personal life: Parental leave, average length of workday, average commute time, etc.
· Childcare: Nurseries, cost of child care, pediatricians, etc.
· Health: Affordability to doctors, men’s mental health, life expectancy of men, etc.
Each metric was rated on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for working parents.
The best states for working parents, according to WalletHub:
State: (1) Massachusetts
Total score: 76.83
Economic and Social Well-being: 3
Work-Life Balance: 1
Childcare: 2
Health: 2
State: (2) District of Columbia
Total score: 74.18
Economic and Social Well-being: 5
Work-life balance: 2
Childcare: 1
Health: 10
State: (3) Connecticut
Total score: 69.14
Economic and Social Well-being: 9
Work-life balance: 8
Childcare: 4
Health: 4
State: (4) Minnesota
Total score: 68.61
Economic and Social Well-being: 1
Work-life balance: 11
Childcare: 3
Health: 3
State: (5)New Jersey
Total score: 67.80
Economic and Social Well-being: 6
Work-life balance: 4
Childcare: 11
Health: 18
In counterpart:
State: (47) Louisiana
Total score: 36.22
Economic and Social Well-being: 36
Work-life balance: 48
Childcare: 49
Health: 46
State: (48) West Virginia
Total score: 35.06
Economic and Social Well-being: 45
Work-life balance: 45
Childcare: 47
Health: 48
State: (49) Mississippi
Total score: 35.01
Economic and Social Well-being: 43
Work-life balance: 51
Childcare: 39
Health: 50
State: (50) Snowfall
Total score: 34.99
Economic and Social Well-being: 50
Work-life balance: 39
Childcare: 46
Health: 44
State: (51) New Mexico
Total score: 34.49
Economic and Social Well-being: 51
Work-life balance: 33
Childcare: 43
Health: 39
To consult the complete list and more details about the methodology, enter here.
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