More Studies Find Working Moms Happier, Healthier Than At-Home

Experience less depression, anger

A recent study has revealed that moms who go to back to work within weeks of giving birth had "more energy, mobility, and less depression by age 40" than those who spend months or years at home. The research, conducted by University of Akron and Penn State University, comes on the heels of a Gallup study in May which found that stay-at-home mothers were more likely to experience stress, worry, anger and sadness. Also, the British Journal of Epidemiology ad Community Health reported that stay-at-home moms were more likely to be obese (38 percent) than were those who juggled children, a steady relationship and a paycheck (23 percent). Lastly, the Journal of Family Psychology in the U.S. discovered, after a 10-year-long study, that mothers who held a paying job were in better health in general, and less depressed in particular, than those who did not. (Huffington Post)

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