Table 1.

Distribution of employment histories by gender

Gender	Types	Description	%
Female	FTT	Full-time throughout	26.05
	NET	Non employment throughout/family carers	23.10
	WA	Weak attachment, early exit	5.99
	LCB	Family carer to part-time (longer career break)	13.23
	SCB	Family carer to part-time (short career break)	11.16
	FC→FT	Family care to full-time	16.29
	FT→PT	Full-time to part-time	4.17
Male	FTT	Full-time throughout	48.61
	NET	Non-employment throughout	4.11
	FTE49	Full-time very early exit (at 49)	9.20
	FTE60	Full-time early exit (at 60)	30.36
	LSE60	Late start, early exit (at 60)	7.72