How many moms are there in the world

The global figures presented in this report are based on data gathered between and from countries and areas. In most countries, samples consist of about 1, adult residents aged 15 and older per year; thus, results aggregated from five years provide a total of about 5, adult residents per country.

All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting. Results from the U. The subsample of single women with children younger than 15 in the household consists of women aged 18 to Stay up to date with our latest insights.

Single women raising children often face financial challenges regardless of where they live in the world.

But Gallup data suggest the U. Married mothers in the U. This International Women's Day, Gallup talks to three female interviewers in Germany, France and Spain about why they do the work they do, the challenges they've faced and what they've learned from working with the World Poll.

Leaders need a workplace culture that reinforces and communicates its mission as new moms return to work. The COVID19 pandemic is placing a greater burden on women who carry the bulk of care and domestic work at home. As COVID containment measures keep families home, the burden of care at home has drastically increased.

Change starts with each and every one of us, in our homes. Share the care! Globally, prime-working-age women are least likely to be in the labour force when they are living with a partner and young children. The COVID19 outbreak is overloading the health and care systems, placing a greater burden on women who carry the bulk of care and domestic work at home. Because of gender norms and societal assumptions that women will take on care responsibilities and men will provide for the family, women leave paid work.

Lone mothers are more likely than the average working-age woman to be in the labour force because they need to provide for themselves and their children. Worldwide, women still earn less than men for work of equal value, and as women become mothers, the income and opportunity gaps widen. To even the playing field and keep options open for moms and all caregivers, we urgently need policies that provide paid leave to both mothers and fathers, enable access to affordable and high-quality care for children and older persons, and collect more and better data on families and work.

In fact, mothers are the primary breadwinners in four-in-ten U. While most U. All told, about 9 million mothers are living with a child younger than 18 without a spouse or partner. A relatively small but growing share of moms are living with an unmarried partner.

Even in an era where women make up nearly half the U. While annual births have decreased among U. In the past quarter century, births to foreign-born moms have boosted fertility in all but two states. And they accounted for more than one-third of all births in three states in New Jersey, New York and California.

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