June 04, 2008 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.) Labor force participation of mothers with infants in 2007Of the 3.3 million mothers with children under a year old, 55.1 percent were in the labor force in 2007, little changed from 2006. The labor force participation rate for unmarried mothers with children under a year old in 2007 was 56.5 percent. The participation rate for married mothers with children under a year old was 54.6 percent in 2007. These data on the labor force participation of mothers are produced by the Current Population Survey. “Infantsâ€� refers to children under 1 year. “Unmarried mothersâ€� include never-married, divorced, separated, and widowed mothers. More information can be found in "Employment Characteristics of Families in 2007," news release USDL 08-0731. Related TED articles: |
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