Breadwinner Moms – Mothers Are the Sole or Primary Provider in Four-in-Ten Households with Children;  Public Conflicted about the Growing Trend, by Wendy Wang, Kim Parker and Paul Taylor, May 29, 2013: “A record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share was just 11% in 1960. These “breadwinner moms” are made up of two very different groups:  5.1 million (37%) are married mothers who have a higher income than their husbands, and 8.6 million (63%) are single mothers. The income gap between the two groups is quite large. The median total family income of married mothers who earn more than their husbands was nearly $80,000 in 2011, well above the national median of $57,100 for all families with children, and nearly four times the $23,000 median for families led by a single mother.”