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Despite the fact that more and more women with children are working---two-thirds of those with preschool children and over fifty percent of those with infants under the age of twelve months---a recent report finds that most Americans still feel that mothers should stay home from work to care for their children. The percentage of the population holding this view, anywhere from seventy to ninety percent, has remained largely unchanged for the past decade and is similar among males and females. The report also found that although companies are more family-friendly than in the past, many are still not overly supportive of working mothers, especially those with lower paying jobs.