The pie charts give information about the working patterns of mothers who decide whether to keep working or not while they still have young kids to look after.
In general, it is clear that the younger the children are, the more women tend to take maternity leave. In addition, part-time jobs are more commonly pursued than full-time ones, even when children reach primary school age.
In terms of mothers who have toddlers (at 0-2 years), the vast majority of them are in an economically inactive status, reflecting the high level of childcare required at this stage. Therefore, there are only small proportions of women who do part-time and full-time jobs in this period, accounting for 19% and 11% respectively. Once children approach the age of 3-4, the number of mothers who engage in part-time jobs increases noticeably to 35%, whereas those who work full-time remain unchanged. Accordingly, non-working mothers decline from 70% to just over half.
As women have their children aged 5-9 years, they are more likely to return to work, when the figure of those being on maternity leave decreases to just over a third (38%), while those with part-time jobs make up nearly half, recording the highest share among all age groups given. Additionally, full-time working mothers slightly rise by 3% before growing significantly to 29% when the kids are 10 years old. In contrast, part-time working mothers experience a slight decrease from 48% to 45%. Meanwhile, non-working mothers continue to lessen and account for just under a third.