Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
New business on board
Jobs | Parenting
January 5, 2022 – There may not be a perfect time to start a new business, but parents seem more inclined to take the plunge than their nonparent colleagues. According to our recent survey, 45 percent of respondents with children indicated they would consider leaving their jobs to start a business, compared with 31 percent of workers without kids.
To read the article, see “Married to the job no more: Craving flexibility, parents are quitting to get it,” December 3, 2021.
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Visual form
Two-panel grouped bar chart.
Layout / body structure
The chart is split into two narrow panels, each containing a Non-parent bar beside a Parent bar. Reader compares the pair in the first panel and then repeats the same comparison in the second panel, using the percentage-point callout above each pair as a quick summary of the gap.
What is being compared
The chart compares parents and nonparents on two entrepreneurship-related behaviors: starting their own business and considering leaving a current job to start one. It is a parent-status comparison repeated across two related decision contexts.
Measurement system
The vertical measure is percent of respondents. Each bar is directly labeled with its value, and the difference between the two bars in each panel is summarized as a percentage-point gap printed above the pair.
Visible structure inside the graphic
There are four total bars, two in each panel, all in the same dark color. The first panel shows 24 for Non-parent and 39 for Parent, while the second panel shows 31 and 45, with +15 and +14 gap labels positioned above the bars.
Main takeaway from the visual
Parents are more likely than nonparents both to start a business and to consider leaving their current jobs to launch one. The parent bar is taller in both panels, so the entrepreneurial pull looks consistent rather than limited to one specific question.
Key standout values or extremes
In the starting-a-business panel, parents are at 39 percent versus 24 percent for nonparents, a 15-point difference. In the leaving-current-job panel, parents are at 45 percent versus 31 percent for nonparents, a 14-point difference.
Controls / sequence, when applicable
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