For most women, it is not a matter of choice but of necessity. In many cases, you need two incomes to keep afloat. And single parent families are becoming the norm, especially among blacks and Hispanics. The overall out of wedlock birthrate for the country is 40%—whites are 29 percent; Hispanics, 53 percent; and blacks, 71 percent.
Our 'welfare' policies encourage and subsidize this.