Majority of parents prefer working from home, flexible work: study
August 18, 2021
The prolonged period of workplace flexibility amid the pandemic has given rise to an increased desire among a majority of parents with children younger than 18 to continue working from home full time or part time and is most pronounced among college-educated fathers, a new study shows.
The YouGov survey from the Institute for Family Studies/Wheatley Institution of 2,500 American adults, ages 18-55, conducted May 28 to June 10, shows that 53% of parents with children younger than 18, now prefer working from home either most of the time or half of the time as a result of the pandemic.
