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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2012 Feb;31(1):1–30. doi: 10.1007/s11113-011-9221-6

Table 2.

Work status during pregnancy and upon return to work, return within 12 months of first birth

Work status
during pregnancy
Work status upon return, return within 12 months

None Full-time Part-time Total
1980–1982
   None 30.0 5.5 4.2 39.6
   Full-time 14.4 32.0 6.8 53.2
   Part-time 2.9 1.2 3.1 7.1
   Total 47.3 38.7 14.1 100.0
1990–1992
   None 23.2 6.5 3.3 33.0
   Full-time 11.1 40.6 7.5 59.2
   Part-time 2.3 1.6 3.9 7.8
   Total 36.6 48.7 14.7 100.0
2000–2002
   None 22.4 4.8 4.7 31.9
   Full-time 12.4 33.4 12.4 58.3
   Part-time 3.0 1.9 5.0 9.8
   Total 37.8 40.2 22.1 100.0

Source: Data for 1980–1989 are from wave 2 of the 1996 SIPP

data for 1990–2002 are from wave 2 of the 2004 SIPP