Beth Latshaw, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Appalachian State University, found that the true number of at-home dads in at least 1.4 million. This study shows how the U.S. Census significantly undercounts the number of at-home dads by only counting those who are not in the labor force. Latshaw found that most fathers who, by most societal definitions are “stay-at-home dads,” do in fact work part-time or opposite shifts from their spouse.

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