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Census data paints bleak picture of how COVID-19 affected working moms
Working mothers are an integral part of the workforce
Working mothers accounted for one-third of all employed women in 2018. Nearly two-thirds of the 23.5 million employed women with children under the age of 18 worked full-time. They were predominantly aged 30-49 and earned a median salary of $44,000. (Maskot/Getty Images/TNS)
Lockdowns and school closures affected moms the most
In states with early stay-at-home orders and school closures like California, Michigan and Virginia, working mothers were 70% more likely to take leave from their jobs than those states where closures happened later such as Arizona and Connecticut, according to research by the U.S. Census Bureau and Federal Reserve. (Drazen Zigic/Getty Images/TNS)
3.5 million mothers left work at the onset of the pandemic
As the coronavirus swept through the U.S. in March and April 2020, 3.5 million mothers left work. Whether they were on paid or unpaid leave, had lost their job or exited the labor force all together, almost 45% of mothers of school-age children were not actively working in April 2020. (Marko Geber/Getty Images/TNS)
More mothers than fathers left work
This time period saw the active employment of mothers fall more drastically than that of fathers, at 21 percentage points versus 15 percentage points, respectively. The most common reasons were that mothers were more likely to have worked in jobs impacted by pandemic closures and mothers typically carry a heavier child care burden. (nattrass/Getty Images/TNS)
Child care needs took more women than men out of the workforce
In August 2020, about 20% of adults said the reason they weren’t working was increased child care demands at home. Women were about three times as likely to cite childcare demands as the reason for not working than men. (filmstudios/Getty Images/TNS)
The number of mothers not actively working increased over 15% in one year
From January 2020 to January 2021, the number of mothers not actively working increased from around 8.5 million to around 10 million. (MoMo Productions/Getty Images/TNS)
Black mothers lost employment at a higher rate
Black mothers left or lost jobs at a rate 7.5 percentage points higher in January 2021 than in January 2020, while white mothers left or lost jobs at a rate 5 points higher. (Geber86/Getty Images/TNS)
Non-white single mothers nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as white single mothers
While white, non-Hispanic mothers comprised 5% of unemployed single mothers, Black mothers made up 9.5% and Hispanic mothers made up 9%. Unemployment spiked for all mothers in the spring, increasing by more than three times its pre-pandemic rate. (PixelCatchers/Getty Images/TNS)
Working mothers are commonly educators and nurses, but that’s not who left work
The census released a report in 2018 saying “common jobs for women were as teachers in elementary and middle schools (1.3 million) and as registered nurses (1.1 million).” However, these are not the fields in which women were most affected. In May 2020, about 70% of the women who left the workforce worked in service jobs compared to less than 10% coming from education jobs and 15% leaving health jobs.(Filippo Bacci/Getty Images/TNS)
