In a 2024 survey conducted by Milieu Insight on working women in Malaysia, the leading challenge faced by ** percent of respondents was finding time for both work and family commitments. Meanwhile, ** percent of respondents stated they struggled to care for themselves.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea for the time period of 2023, only ***** percent of respondents stated that they returned to work after maternity leave. ** percent took childcare leave after finishing their maternity leave.

Graph and download economic data for Labor Force Participation Rate - Women (LNU01300002) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about females, participation, civilian, 16 years +, labor force, labor, household survey, rate, and USA.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Working Moms Survival Network

In a study in April 2020 in South Korea, around a third of all working mothers with children younger than ** earned between *** and *** million South Korean won per month. Another **** percent earned between *** and ***** million won.

Number of children 0 to 5 years and 6 to 12 years with employed mothers, Canada, provinces.

🇬🇧 영국 English Analysis of the employment trends and characteristics of working mothers, compared to women without children and working fathers. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Mothers in the Labour Market

In a survey conducted by Milieu Insight on working women in Thailand conducted on April 2024, ** percent of respondents felt that they had people around them who understood their difficulties as a working mom. The other half of the respondents wished more people in their lives understood the difficulties they faced as a working mother.

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This project examined the psychological processes and demographic variables which predict the decisions women make about returning to work after they have their first child. A cohort survey of 413 women was carried out - questionnaire surveys were conducted in pregnancy and at six and 12 months post-partum. In addition, a sub-sample of 52 women took part in semi-structured interviews (not included in this dataset), where work plans, attitudes and beliefs were explored. The aims of this research were threefold: to examine the psychological processes and demographi variables behind women's decisions about work and childcare after they have their first child; to explore changes in attitudes, beliefs, norms and identity as a function of becoming a mother and beginning a new pattern of work and/or childcare; and to look at the impact of employment/childcare choices on family relationships and psychological well-being.
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The dataset contains coded responses to the three questionnnaires. The first questionnaire (Time 1) was conducted in the later stages of the respondent's pregnancy, Time 2 was conducted when the child was six months old, and Time 3 around the time of the child's first birthday. The data cover pregnancy, motherhood, attitudes to childcare and working mothers, health, employment issues and domestic roles.

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Likert scales were used in the questionnaires.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - Women (LNS14000002) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about females, 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

Proportion of women and men employed in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) broad occupational categories, current year.

Women and Men in Spain: Female part time work according to period. Percentage of all women employed. Spain, UE-27 and UE-28. Annual. National. Nota: UE27_2020: 27 países (desde 2020). UE-28: 28 países (2013-2020).

In a survey conducted by Milieu Insight on working women in Singapore conducted on April 2024, ** percent of respondents felt that they had people around them who understood their difficulties as a working mom. On the other hand, ** percent wished more people in their lives understood the difficulties they faced as a working mother.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Working-Age Population Female: From 25 to 54 Years for United States (LFWA25FEUSM647S) from Jan 1977 to May 2025 about 25 to 54 years, working-age, females, population, and USA.

By exacerbating a pre-existing crisis of childcare in the United States, the COVID- 19 pandemic forced many parents to renegotiate household arrangements. What shapes parents’ preferences over different arrangements? In an online conjoint experiment we assess how childcare availability, work status and earnings, and the intra-household division of labor shape heterosexual American parents’ preferences over different situations. We find that while mothers and fathers equally value outside options for child-care, the lack of such options – a significant feature of the pandemic – does not significantly change their evaluations of other features of household arrangements. Parents’ preferences over employment, earnings, and how to divide up household labor exhibit gendered patterns, which persist regardless of childcare availability. By illustrating the micro-foundations of household decision-making under constraints, our findings help to make sense of women’s retrenchment from the labor market during the pandemic: a pattern which may have long-term economic and political consequences.

According to a survey conducted in 2020 in China, around ** percent of women with children in China worked full-time jobs, increasing from **** percent in 2018. In the meanwhile, about *** percent of surveyed mothers either worked part-time or run a sideline.

Working mothers by working hours and average wages in 2009 (Dutch only)

Graph and download economic data for Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Women (LEU0252882800Q) from Q1 1979 to Q2 2025 about females, full-time, salaries, workers, earnings, 16 years +, wages, median, real, employment, and USA.

Cyprus CY: Share of Women Employed in the Nonagricultural Sector: % of Total Nonagricultural Employment data was reported at 51.900 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 51.200 % for 2012. Cyprus CY: Share of Women Employed in the Nonagricultural Sector: % of Total Nonagricultural Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 48.200 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2013, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.900 % in 2013 and a record low of 41.300 % in 1995. Cyprus CY: Share of Women Employed in the Nonagricultural Sector: % of Total Nonagricultural Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cyprus – Table CY.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Share of women in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector is the share of female workers in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector (industry and services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services-corresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-Q (ISIC revision 3).; ; International Labour Organization.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Women’s share in paid employment in the nonagricultural sector has risen marginally in some regions but remains less than 20 percent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Women are also clearly segregated in sectors that are generally known to be lower paid. And in the sectors where women dominate, such as health care, women rarely hold upper-level management jobs.

These are aggregate files of labor force participation for mothers, fathers, and women not living with own children. Read ReadMe.txt file first for definitions and codes. Generated using the Current Population Survey monthly files from ipums.org. These files are meant to encourage discussion and analysis of labor force participation of mothers in comparison to fathers and women without own children in their home.