Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 19, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Reports, nos. 13, 183, and 2163; and unpublished data.
The labor force participation rate of married women with children under 6 years old has been rising since 1950. Between 1970 and 1993, the participation rate for these women rose from 30 percent to 60 percent. A higher proportion of married women with older children are in the labor force than of those with children under 6. About three-quarters of married women with children between 6 and 17 were either employed or looking for work in 1993.
