{"id":138,"date":"2011-11-11T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/11\/first-time-mothers-maternity-leave-employment-patterns\/"},"modified":"2011-11-11T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T18:45:00","slug":"first-time-mothers-maternity-leave-employment-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/11\/first-time-mothers-maternity-leave-employment-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"First Time Mothers: Maternity Leave &amp; Employment Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oCxtkU10B6U\/Tr113-C4LoI\/AAAAAAAAATE\/Prt4sngQmq4\/s1600\/backtowork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oCxtkU10B6U\/Tr113-C4LoI\/AAAAAAAAATE\/Prt4sngQmq4\/s400\/backtowork.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">A pattern of the past few decades: women are more likely to work before and after the birth of their first child than they were in the past.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/2011pubs\/p70-128.pdf\">recently published report regarding first time\u00a0mothers\u00a0and employment patterns<\/a> indicates expectant mothers have changed their employment patterns dramatically in the past few decades. Women are now more likely to work while pregnant with, and after the birth of, their first child than they were in the 1960&#8217;s. This can, at least in part, be\u00a0attributed\u00a0to an increase in access to maternity leave. The\u00a0likelihood\u00a0of having access to paid leave varies with age, hours worked, and educational attainment. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/2011pubs\/p70-128.pdf\">Read the full report for more.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IHTURj_wgoo\/Tr1wPV_v2NI\/AAAAAAAAAS0\/nO5ahbYSvrw\/s1600\/perc_working.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IHTURj_wgoo\/Tr1wPV_v2NI\/AAAAAAAAAS0\/nO5ahbYSvrw\/s400\/perc_working.jpg\" width=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/2011pubs\/p70-128.pdf\">A new U.S. Census Bureau report<\/a>\u00a0shows that women with higher educational attainment are more likely to work preceding the birth of their first child.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3N_jsPHMBbI\/Tr1znniYtuI\/AAAAAAAAAS8\/bBiul4I4hIQ\/s1600\/perc_wom_paidleave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3N_jsPHMBbI\/Tr1znniYtuI\/AAAAAAAAAS8\/bBiul4I4hIQ\/s400\/perc_wom_paidleave.jpg\" width=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px\">The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/\"><span><\/span>U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s report<span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0also indicates women with higher educational attainment are more likely to \u00a0receive paid leave before or after their first birth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pattern of the past few decades: women are more likely to work before and after the birth of their first child than they were in the past. 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