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A. Parental Employment Information
for Married-Couple Families with Children Under Age 18:
| Total Families: |
26,430,000 |
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| One/Both Parents Non-Employed: |
7,616,000 |
(28.8% of total families) |
| Both Parents Employed: |
18,814,000 |
(71.2% of total families) |
| Both Parents Non-Employed: |
672,000 |
(2.6% of total families; 8.8% of families
with non-employed parent) |
| Dad Employed/Mom Non-Employed: |
6,166,000 |
(23.3% of total families; 81% of families
w/non-employed parent) |
| Mom Employed/Dad Non-Employed: |
778,000 |
(2.9% of total families; 10.2% of families
w/non-employed parent) |
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| Total families w/mom non-employed: |
6,838,000 |
(25.9% of total families) |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau Current Population
Survey, March, 1997
B. Maternal Employment in Married Couple
Families with Children Under Age 18
| Total Families: |
26,430,000 |
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| Moms Employed: |
19,592,000 |
(74.1% of total families) |
| Mom Employed FT (year-round): |
10,531,000 |
(53.7% of employed moms; 39.8% of total families) |
| Mom Employed PT: |
9,061,000 |
(46.3% of employed moms; 34.3% of total families) |
| Mom Not Employed: |
6,838,000 |
(25.9% of total families) |
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| Total Moms Employed PT or Non-Employed: |
15,899,000 |
(60.2% of total families) |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau Current Population
Survey, March, 1997
C. Moms in Married Couple Families
with All Children Under Age 6:
| Total Moms: |
6,790,000 |
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| Mom Employed FT(year-round): |
2,464,000 |
(36.3% of total) |
| Mom Employed PT: |
2,518,000 |
(37.1% of total) |
| Mom Not Employed: |
1,808,000 |
(26.6% of total) |
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| Mom Employed PT or non-employed: |
4,326,000 |
(63.7% of total or about 2/3 of total) |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau Current Population
Survey, March, 1997
| D. Those Caring for 20.5 Million
U.S. Children Under Age 5: |
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# of Children |
| Non-employed mothers: |
49.9% |
10,226,000 |
| Mothers while "on the job:" |
3.0% |
616,000 |
| Both parents working tag-team (diff. shifts): |
7.8% |
1,585,000 |
| Dad: |
1.5% |
309,000 |
| Relatives: |
12.3% |
2,516,000 |
| Center-based care (includes day-care centers,
preschool, nursery school, school-based activity, kindergarten, gradeschool): |
15.1% |
3,083,000 |
| In-home day care: |
8.0% |
1,645,000 |
| Nanny: |
2.4% |
492,000 |
| Total: |
100% |
20,472,000 |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Who's Minding
the Preschoolers?" March, 1996 using data from 1993 U.S. Census Bureau
| E. Those Caring for 56.1 Million
Children Ages 5-14: |
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# of Children |
| Non-Employed Mothers: |
39% |
21,879,000 |
| Employed Mothers: |
61% |
6,838,000 |
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Total:
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100% |
56,100,000 |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Who's Minding
the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Fall 1991," 1994.
F. Income of Married-Couple Families
with Children Below Age 18:
| Both Parents Employed: Median family income |
$59,733 |
| Employed Father/Non-Employed Mother: Median
family income |
$42,095 |
| Difference between two above incomes: |
$17,638 |
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| 1997 Median Earnings of Father w/Non-Employed
Mother: |
$37,116 |
| 1997 Median Earnings of Father w/Employed
Mother: |
$35,713 |
| Difference between two above incomes: |
$ 1,403 |
* Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current
Population Survey, 1997
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