Massey research on stay-at-home-mums

Apparently new research shows most New Zealanders approve of stay-at-home mums.

That's all well and good but what do they think about unpartnered mothers, who make up almost a third of all mums? Would their attitude change if the mother had to be on a benefit in order to stay home? Unfortunately the survey doesn't ask, which I think is something of a weakness.

It is worth bearing in mind if more mothers had financially supportive partners and we didn't have to pay so much tax to support them, fewer partnered mothers would need to work.

We cannot have our cake and eat it too. Somebody has to pay for the welfare state.