Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2006-07 annual averages
Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status,
2006-07 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Employed Unemployed
noninsti- Percent
tutional of
population Total popula- Percent Full-time Part-time Percent
tion Total of workers workers Number of
popula- (1) (2) labor
tion force
2006
TOTAL MOTHERS
With own children under 3 years old.... 9,431 5,675 60.2 5,315 56.4 3,751 1,564 360 6.3
2 years ............................. 2,864 1,847 64.5 1,746 61.0 1,280 466 101 5.5
1 year .............................. 3,318 2,006 60.5 1,883 56.7 1,305 577 123 6.1
Under 1 year......................... 3,248 1,822 56.1 1,686 51.9 1,166 520 136 7.4
Married, spouse present
With own children under 3 years old.... 6,998 4,076 58.2 3,933 56.2 2,756 1,177 143 3.5
2 years ............................. 2,114 1,305 61.7 1,265 59.8 910 354 40 3.1
1 year .............................. 2,494 1,456 58.4 1,404 56.3 962 442 52 3.6
Under 1 year......................... 2,390 1,315 55.0 1,264 52.9 883 381 51 3.9
Other marital status (3)
With own children under 3 years old.... 2,433 1,600 65.7 1,382 56.8 996 386 217 13.6
2 years ............................. 750 543 72.3 481 64.2 369 112 61 11.3
1 year .............................. 824 550 66.7 479 58.1 344 135 71 13.0
Under 1 year......................... 859 507 59.0 422 49.2 283 139 85 16.7
2007
TOTAL MOTHERS
With own children under 3 years old.... 9,659 5,721 59.2 5,354 55.4 3,783 1,571 367 6.4
2 years ............................. 2,812 1,808 64.3 1,694 60.2 1,225 469 114 6.3
1 year .............................. 3,501 2,068 59.1 1,938 55.4 1,350 589 130 6.3
Under 1 year......................... 3,346 1,845 55.1 1,721 51.4 1,208 513 123 6.7
Married, spouse present
With own children under 3 years old.... 7,018 4,027 57.4 3,888 55.4 2,730 1,157 140 3.5
2 years ............................. 2,076 1,281 61.7 1,230 59.2 881 349 51 4.0
1 year .............................. 2,536 1,433 56.5 1,388 54.7 954 434 46 3.2
Under 1 year......................... 2,406 1,313 54.6 1,270 52.8 896 374 43 3.3
Other marital status (3)
With own children under 3 years old.... 2,641 1,694 64.1 1,466 55.5 1,052 414 227 13.4
2 years ............................. 736 528 71.6 464 63.1 344 120 63 12.0
1 year .............................. 965 635 65.8 551 57.1 396 155 84 13.2
Under 1 year......................... 940 531 56.5 451 48.0 312 139 80 15.1
1 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
2 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
3 Includes never married, divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
NOTE: Own children include sons, daughters, step-children, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren,
and other related and unrelated children. Data may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced
annually with the release of January data.
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