Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2010-2011 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, 2010-2011 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2010 2011
With own children under 3 years old With own children under 3 years old
Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year		 Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year

TOTAL MOTHERS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 9,503 2,968 3,351 3,184 9,259 2,893 3,353 3,013

Civilian labor force

 5,770 1,908 2,062 1,800 5,613 1,848 2,083 1,682

Participation rate

 60.7 64.3 61.5 56.5 60.6 63.9 62.1 55.8

Employed

 5,114 1,708 1,815 1,590 4,977 1,645 1,844 1,488

Full-time workers(1)

 3,570 1,200 1,243 1,128 3,486 1,169 1,296 1,021

Part-time workers(2)

 1,543 509 572 462 1,492 476 548 467

Employment-population ratio

 53.8 57.6 54.2 49.9 53.8 56.9 55.0 49.4

Unemployed

 656 199 246 210 635 202 239 194

Unemployment rate

 11.4 10.5 12.0 11.7 11.3 11.0 11.5 11.5

Married, spouse present

Civilian noninstitutional population

 6,642 2,055 2,344 2,243 6,488 1,999 2,381 2,109

Civilian labor force

 3,941 1,275 1,403 1,263 3,854 1,220 1,434 1,200

Participation rate

 59.3 62.1 59.8 56.3 59.4 61.0 60.2 56.9

Employed

 3,670 1,195 1,301 1,174 3,603 1,138 1,342 1,123

Full-time workers(1)

 2,596 841 896 859 2,594 822 967 805

Part-time workers(2)

 1,074 354 405 315 1,009 316 375 318

Employment-population ratio

 55.3 58.2 55.5 52.3 55.5 56.9 56.4 53.3

Unemployed

 271 80 101 89 251 82 92 77

Unemployment rate

 6.9 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.4

Other marital status(3)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 2,862 914 1,007 941 2,771 894 973 905

Civilian labor force

 1,828 633 659 537 1,759 628 649 482

Participation rate

 63.9 69.2 65.5 57.0 63.5 70.3 66.8 53.2

Employed

 1,444 514 514 416 1,375 508 502 365

Full-time workers(1)

 974 359 346 269 892 347 329 216

Part-time workers(2)

 470 155 168 147 483 161 173 149

Employment-population ratio

 50.4 56.2 51.1 44.2 49.6 56.8 51.6 40.3

Unemployed

 385 119 145 121 384 120 147 117

Unemployment rate

 21.0 18.8 22.0 22.5 21.8 19.2 22.6 24.2

Footnotes
 (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; married, spouse absent; 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. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: April 26, 2012