Band 6+: Many women want or need to continue working even after they have children. The charts below show the working patterns of mothers with young children to care for. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart is given the proportion of the working patterns of mothers who want or need to go to work after they have children in Great Britain.

Overall, it is clear that as the age of the highest percentage of the women have no working with young children from 0-2 years. In contrast, most women go to work part-time, when the young children are 10 years old.

When the youngest child is aged 0-2 years, the majority of mothers are not working, it accounts for 70%, just around 11% work full-time and 19% the mothers work part-time. Compared to women who have children for 10 years, the proportion of part-time workers represents nearly half (45%), the proportion of non-working mothers just 26% and the working full-time only make up 29%.

Noticeably, the percentage of employed women who have children between 3-4 years and 5-9 years shows a gradual increase. Part-time work becomes more common, accounting for 35% in 3-4 age groups and among mothers with children aged 5-9 years, occupying 48% for part-time .

In summary, the older the youngest child is the more likely mothers are to work, especially in part-time work is consistently the most common working pattern among mothers in all age groups.