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Mothers as Breadwinners at All-Time High

The percentage of U.S. households with children under age 18 where mothers are the sole or primary breadwinners is at a record high of 40 percent.

Back in 1960, just 11 percent of households had breadwinning mothers, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

Among today's breadwinning mothers, 5.1 million are married moms who earn more than their husbands, and 8.6 million are single mothers.

The income gap between the two groups is large. The median total family income of married mothers who earn more than their husbands was almost $80,000 in 2011, above the national median of $57,100 for all families with young children, while the median for single moms was $23,000.

The growth of both groups is due in large part to women's increasing presence in the workplace. Women now make up 47 percent of the labor force, and the employment rate of married women with children soared from 37 percent in 1968 to 65 percent in 2011.

But a recent Pew Research Center survey found that 74 percent of adults believe the rising number of women in the labor force has made it harder for parents to raise children, and half say it has a negative impact on marriages.

Other findings of the Pew survey:

Half of respondents say children are better off with a stay-at-home mom.

The share of families led by a single mother has more than tripled since 1960, from 7 percent to 25 percent.

64 percent of those polled say the rise in single mothers is a "big problem," down from 71 percent in 2007.

78 percent of Republicans say the growing number of children born to unwed mothers is a big problem, compared to 51 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of independents.

The share of single mothers who have never married, as opposed to those who are divorced, separated, or widowed, has increased from 4 percent in 1960 to 44 percent in 2011. Nearly half of these never-married mothers have a high school education or less.