With Father’s Day approaching and many dads working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best & Worst States for Working Dads, as well as accompanying videos.
In order to help dads balance their dual role as parent and provider, WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 23 key indicators of friendliness toward working dads. The data set ranges from average length of work day for males to child-care costs to share of men in good or better health.
Life as a Working Dad in Texas (1=Best; 25=Avg.):
- 30th – Male Life Expectancy
- 46th – % of Kids Younger than 18 with Dad Present Living in Poverty
- 1st – Unemployment Rate for Dads with Kids Younger than 18
- 51st – Male Uninsured Rate
- 46th – Avg. Length of Work Day (in Hours) for Males
- 30th – % of Physically Active Men
- 37th – Child-Care Costs (Adjusted for Median Family* Income)
- 3rd – Day-Care Quality
*Refers to families with kids aged 0 to 17 and in which the father is present
