Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.6. Percent of mothers who worked in each type of setting by selected demographics1, among mothers who worked during the past 4 weeks of month 3 survey

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  N A
building
A private
residence
A
Vehicle
Outdoor Other Total (%)
ALL 941 72.9 20.7 1.2 0.7 4.5 100
Age
18-24 179 72.6 19.6 1.7 0.6 5.6 100
25-29 316 73.7 21.5 0.6 0.9 3.2 100
30-34 263 76.0 17.1 1.1 1.1 4.6 100
35+ 182 67.0 25.8 1.6 0.0 5.5 100
Parity
Primiparous 319 79.6 15.0 0.9 1.3 3.1 100
Multiparous 600 69.2 24.0 1.3 0.5 5.0 100
Education
HS or less 138 67.4 21.0 2.2 0.7 8.7 100
Some college 328 73.2 21.0 1.5 0.6 3.7 100
College graduate 414 73.4 21.5 0.7 1.0 3.4 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 302 70.9 22.5 0.7 0.7 5.3 100
185- < 350% 351 71.8 19.9 2.3 0.6 5.4 100
>=350% 288 76.4 19.8 0.3 1.0 2.4 100
WIC Participant
No 625 73.0 21.0 1.0 0.8 4.3 100
Yes 316 72.8 20.3 1.6 0.6 4.7 100
Race
White 789 70.6 22.9 1.3 0.9 4.3 100
Black 43 88.4 4.7 0.0 0.0 7.0 100
Hispanic 44 86.4 9.1 2.3 0.0 2.3 100
Region
Northeast 152 71.7 22.4 1.3 0.0 4.6 100
Midwest 338 76.3 17.8 0.6 1.5 3.8 100
South 288 72.6 20.5 2.1 0.7 4.2 100
West 163 67.5 25.8 0.6 0.0 6.1 100

1Table is based on variable: M3H9