Table 1.

Employment and Leave-Taking by Mothers and Fathers Before and After Birth

Labor Force Status	Control group(11/12 months before birth)	Birth month	One-month after birth	Two-months after birth	Three- months after birth
Mothers
Employed	0.656 (0.011)	0.486 (0.008)	0.461 (0.007)	0.473 (0.007)	0.489 (0.007)
With a job but not at work among all population	0.046 (0.005)	0.246 (0.007)	0.299 (0.007)	0.161 (0.005)	0.080 (0.004)
With a job but not at work among employed	0.069 (0.007)	0.508 (0.011)	0.649 (0.010)	0.341 (0.010)	0.164 (0.008)
Employed, Absent due to “other” reasons	0.016 (0.004)	0.415 (0.011)	0.553 (0.011)	0.284 (0.010)	0.115 (0.007)
N	1865	3873	4401	4587	4697
Fathers
Employed	0.933 (0.011)	0.921 (0.008)	0.916 (0.007)	0.921 (0.007)	0.916 (0.007)
With a job but not at work among all population	0.021 (0.003)	0.066 (0.004)	0.039 (0.002)	0.042 (0.002)	0.036 (0.002)
With a job but not at work among employed	0.030 (0.005)	0.072 (0.005)	0.043 (0.004)	0.045 (0.004)	0.039 (0.003)
Employed, Absent due to “other” reasons	0.005 (0.002)	0.029 (0.003)	0.008 (0.002)	0.009 (0.002)	0.006 (0.001)
N	1406	2799	3135	3182	3220

Note: Analysis uses Current Population Survey data from 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. Observations are weighted to be nationally representative. Standard errors are shown in parentheses.