The two charts reveal the share of both men and women with the a youngest child aged three or four tacking full-time and part-time jobs in a period spanning from 1997 to 2017 in England.
From the overall perspective, it can be seen that women with a toddler mostly have a part-time job while men in such circumstances are full-time employed.
As the first line graph shows, the proportion of mothers with a youngest child aged under five years old working part-time stood at 39% in 1997. The number oscillated between 35% and 40% over the period but went back to 39% by the end of the period. However, the share of women taking full-time job was seemingly lower. In 1997, approximately 16% of mothers with a toddler worked in full-time jobs. The percentage steeped to 25% by 2017.
The second graph shows that in 1997 90% of fathers worked full-time. The share fluctuated slightly but remained the same at the end of the period. The percentage of fathers working part-time, on the contrary, rose over the period from 3% to 8%. Nonetheless, this share was considerably small compared to women in part-time employment.
