The graph shows information about the number of parents with young children aged 3-4 years who were employed in part-time and full-time jobs in a 20-year period between 1997 and 2017 in England.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that there was a considerable difference between the percentages of mothers and fathers working full time. On average, one of 5 women was enrolled in such a job, while less than 5 men out of 100 did.
By contrast, male parents mostly preferred part-time jobs with about 90% of them choosing this option. There were fractional fluctuations from 2017 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2015, however, the figure never lowered up to 80%. The desire to work full-time increased steadily from 2003 up to 2016 with only about from 3 to maximum 9% of men choosing this option, and then experienced a reduction in 2017 up to 8% of male full time workers.
Another interesting point is that the total part of part-time working mothers with a small child is lower than that of enrolled fathers with a child, however, the numbers of women having a full-time occupation is considerably higher and makes up to about 20% on average. The number of women working part-time experienced descents and rises, with a drastic decrease from 2007 to 2011 and a gradual growth up to 2016, resulting in a fall again. Simultaneously, the desire to have a full-time occupation increased steadily during the whole period, resulting in a 5 percent increase from 2015 to 2016 and then remaining at the same level.ining at the same level of 25 percentage points.