Us it is purely necessity. We cany afford to live soley on dh wage alone. My part time base wage is same as dh full time wage. Smart thing would be have dh be sahd, but he doesnt want to do that, he needs to get out and go to work.
Im on paid leave until Quatrk is 6 months. Im then on unpaid for another 6 months, but will unfortunately have to return sooner....if i had my way id be a sahm forever