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- Labor Force Participation Rates for Wives, Husband Present, by Age of Own Youngest Child: 1975 - 1989 Presence & Age of Child 1975 1980 1985 1988 1989
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- Wives, total 44.5 50.2 54.3 56.7 57.8
- No children under 18 44.0 46.0 48.2 49.1 50.5
- With children over 18 44.9 54.3 61.0 65.2 65.8
- Under 6, total 36.8 45.3 53.7 57.4 58.4
- Under 3 32.6 41.5 50.7 54.8 55.2
- 1 year or under 30.8 39.0 49.4 51.9 53.6
- 2 years 37.1 48.1 54.0 61.7 59.2
- 3-5 years 42.2 51.7 58.6 61.4 63.5
- 3 years 41.2 51.5 55.1 59.3 62.4
- 4 years 41.2 51.4 59.7 61.4 64.4
- 5 years 44.4 52.4 62.1 63.6 63.8
- 6-13 years 51.8 62.6 68.1 72.3 72.6
- 14-17 years 53.8 60.5 67.0 72.9 74.4
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- White
- Wives, total 43.7 49.3 53.4 55.8 57.0
- No children under 18 43.5 45.5 47.5 48.5 50.0
- With children under 18 43.9 53.2 60.0 64.3 65.2
- Under 6, total 35.0 43.5 52.3 56.3 57.5
- Under 3 30.9 40.0 49.8 53.3 54.4
- 1 year or under 29.2 37.7 48.6 50.5 53.0
- 2 years 35.1 46.1 52.7 60.2 57.9
- 3-5 years 40.3 49.4 56.6 60.9 62.5
- 3 years 39.0 48.4 52.7 58.1 61.6
- 4 years 38.7 49.8 58.4 61.0 63.2
- 5 years 43.8 50.4 59.9 64.0 62.8
- 6-13 years 50.8 61.4 67.7 71.5 71.8
- 14-17 years 53.6 60.6 66.3 72.5 74.5
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- Black
- Wives, total 54.3 59.3 64.2 66.1 65.5
- No children under 18 47.7 51.2 56.1 54.4 54.7
- With children under 18 58.8 65.6 71.5 75.8 75.4
- Under 6, total 56.4 63.4 69.3 71.7 71.5
- Under 3 52.2 57.7 65.7 73.0 68.8
- 1 year or under 50.0 52.9 63.7 71.5 66.4
- 2 years 56.4 71.0 69.9 76.2 75.1
- 3-5 years 61.7 72.3 73.8 69.6 75.6
- 3 years 62.7 73.4 72.3 76.1 73.0
- 4 years 64.9 66.4 70.6 70.3 78.3
- 5 years 56.3 77.8 79.1 62.5 76.0
- 6-13 years 64.9 71.8 73.5 81.4 81.4
- 14-17 years 51.0 58.4 74.1 74.6 73.2
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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