United States Department of Labor

Mothers and Families

Note: This section presents information on selected characteristics for mothers and families. Information includes data on labor force participation, unemployment, occupations, family type and earnings. Data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

 

 

 

Labor force participation

Chart 1

Text Version of Labor force participation rates, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 2

Text Version of Labor force partipation rates 1975-2013

 

Chart 3

Text Version of Labor force participation rate of mothers by age of youngest child,  2013 annual averages

 

Chart 4

Text Version of Labor force participation rate of mothers by marital status and age of children

 

Unemployment

Chart 5

Text Version of Unemployment rates, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 6

Text Version of Unemployment rates of mothers by age of youngest child, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 7

Text Version of Unemployment rate of mothers by marital status and age of children

 

Occupations

Chart 8

Text Version of Percent distribution of employed persons with children under 18 by intermediate occupation, 2013 annual averages

 

Family type

Chart 9

Text Version of Percent distribution of Type of families with children under 18, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 10

Text Version of Percent distribution of Percent of employed parents by age of youngest child and family type, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 11

Text Version of Married-couple families by employment status of parents and age of youngest child, 2013 annual averages

 

Earnings

Chart 12

Text Version of Median usual weekly earnings by sex, marital status, and presence and age of children, 2013 annual averages

 

Chart 13

Text Version of Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987 and 2012

 

Chart 14

Text Version of Contribution of wives' earnings to family income (median percent), 1970-2012 annual averages