Modern times see women persisting in their workplaces further into their pregnancy and resuming work significantly sooner post-birth than in previous generations. Statistics from the early 1960s revealed that the majority (65%) of working women, anticipating their first child, ceased employment a month or more prior to childbirth, while only a minor section (35%) continued to work until their last month of pregnancy. However, by the late 2000s, this pattern had totally changed – here, a mere 20% of women chose to step out of work earlier, while a whopping 80% sustained their professional duties up until a month before delivering their first child. Additionally, recent studies by the Pew Research Center depict a sharp increase in women reentering the work sphere swiftly after their first child’s arrival compared to prior times. Obtain more insight into why women today are extending their work into pregnancy and resuming swiftly post childbirth from the past on Market Watch. Image credit: il-young ko. Visit SmartAsset.com.
