Maternity leave and employment patterns of first-time mothers
Subtitle: 1961-2000
By: by Julia Overturf Johnson and Barbara Downs
Contributors: Downs, Barbara; U.S. Census Bureau
Series: Current population reports. Household economic studies, P70 -- 103; Current population reports -- no. 103.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Maternity leave; Statistics; Mothers; Employment; Women
Description: The report analyzes trends in women's work experience prior to their first birth and the factors associated with employment during pregnancy. Changes are placed in the historical context of the enactment of family-related legislation during the last quarter of the twentieth century. The next  section identifies the maternity leave arrangements used by women before and after their first birth and the shifts that have occurred in the mix of leave arrangements that are used. The final section examines how rapidly mothers return to work after their first birth and the factors related to the length of time they are absent from the labor force.
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"Issued October 2005."

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