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2003 –
Family Caregiver News Magazine quotes Health Canada research finding that the number of unpaid home-based caregivers grows
15-20% annually due to shorter hospital stays and aging boomers.
2003 –
March – Environics – 77% of Canadians taking care of a gravely ill family member have taken time off paid work,
usually without pay, to provide the care.
2003 –
Nov – US Census Bureau finds that for mothers of young children overall paid labor force participation has been dropping
– It was 59% in 1998 but in 2002 was 55% -Jill Kiecolt in ‘ Satisfaction with Work and Family Life’ says
more and more women are finding the home more satisfying than the paid workplace
2003-
June – Centre for Research and Information on Canada surveying Canadians in their 20s finds that there is a trend to
insisting on flex-time, workplaces that value the family side of life and tax policy that corrects the ‘famine’
of family time.
2000 –
Angus Reid – 77% of Canadians want parents not the state to provide care of the children.
2002 –
Sept – Macleans magazine survey – 97% of parents said raising children is a satisfying experience. 63% of fathers
and 73% of mothers said that if they could afford it they would prefer to have a parent home wiht the children rather than
at paid work.
2002 –
Strategic Counsel finds that ¾ of Canadians would raise their children themselves at home if they could and almost 90% of
parents asked would prefer to have one parent at home with the children but could not afford that option.
2002- Dec 27 – Michael Marzolini, Liberal party pollster finds that 6 in 10 Canadians
f eel the federal government’s highest priority should be increased spending on health and social programs.
2002-
Dec 28 – Globe and Mail summarizes Ipsos-Reid, Durex, Environics, Stats Canada surveys of the year noting that 15% of
Canadian men and 20% of Canadian women report having contemplated suicide because of stress. 66% of Canadians believe family
is more important than paid work, 34% of Canadians take work home with them, 75% work for pay over 40 hours a week
2002-
June – Strategic Counsel issues “Canadian Attitudes on the Family’ and finds that 71% of those asked say
the current tax system makes it difficult for families to have one parent home with the kids. The majority felt the biggest
threat to a family today is economic.
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1998 –
Southam Compas and National Foundation for Family Research and Education – 86% of parents want change in tax law so
young families can afford to have a parent home with the child. 81% said government
should put more emphasis on family
1999 –
Canadian Policy Research Network – a majority of parents want economic supports for parents during the first 3 years
of life so a parent can have the option of being home with the kids
1995-
General Social Survey – 59% of men and 51% of women felt that when women are in the paid labor force children suffer. However 68% said that men suffered when they were the only ones bearing financial
responsibility for the family.
1996 –
Canadian Council on Social Development – “The Progress of Canada’s Children” – found “Many
parents go to extraordinary lengths so that one can be at home when the children are young, often living below the poverty
line to do so”
1997 –
Angus Reid Pool – 70% of Canadians felt the federal government is not doing enough to combat child poverty
1997 –
Global Communications – Shea Warrington, Marjorie Macpherson and Decima
Research – 75% of Ontario parents feel that when children are with a parent at home they are happier and 60% felt they
were better behaved
1997 –
Ontario Compas poll – 92% of Ontarians believe that parents themselves are the best child-care providers for infants
and preschoolers
1997 –
Pew poll in US – reported in Baltimore Sun – finds that 81% of women feel it is harder to be a mother today than
a generation ago. 25% of mothers with children under age 18 said if given a choice
they would not work outside the home. 29% said given a choice they would work for pay full time while 41% said they preferred
part-time paid work. Only 40% of those employed for
1991 –
May – The Federated Women’s Institute of Canada -69% of rural members asked said if economic conditions permitted
they would prefer to be home to care for their own children
1991 –
Nov – Globe and Mail and CBC- 76% of those asked felt that children’s well-being is sacrificed if both parents
have to have paid employment
1991 –
Toronto Star – 2/3 of parents say the best place for preschool children is at home with their parents. Only 16% favor
licensed daycare over home care
1992 –
National Post-Homemakers’ Poll – 78% of women say family is more important to them than career 1994 –
Angus Reid – 70% of parents who both were employed outside the home said if they could, they would choose to have one
of them home with the
1988 - Vanier Institute – if parents are both in the paid labor force the preference
for child-care arrangement for children aged 0-5 are 18% relative-care, 18% spouses taking turns, 33% nonrelative care , 17%
daycare, 12% other.
1990 –
LA Times poll- reported in New Dimension Magazine- found that 79% of American women with paid income would quit their jobs
if they could afford to stay home with their children
1990 –
Virginia Slims poll in US finds that 60% of mothers with paid employment say their dual role puts them under stress
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