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3) Employment of mothers

Table 5　Employment of mothers at the time of the survey, by household
(unit: %)
　 Total Parents only Parents and
sibling(s)		 Parents and
grandfather(s)/
grandmother(s)		 Parents and
others		 Stay with
mother
Total 46,961 　 17,970 18,060 9,648 225 1,058
　 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Unemployed 34,592 73.7 76.5 76.8 64.2 68.0 59.7
　 Seeking a job 4,443 9.5 9.7 8.1 9.8 13.3 25.5
Not seeking a job 30,050 64.0 66.6 68.6 54.1 54.7 33.1
Student 99 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 - 1.1
Employed 11,843 25.2 22.5 22.0 34.7 30.2 38.2
　 Full-time worker 7,251 15.4 16.9 11.4 20.0 11.1 18.4
Part-time worker 1,963 4.2 2.6 4.5 5.4 4.4 14.4
Self-employed worker or
family worker		 2,019 4.3 2.3 4.3 7.8 11.1 3.5
Pieceworker at home 485 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.1 1.8 1.4
Others 125 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.8 0.5
Not stated 526 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.8 2.1
Note: Only the babies staying with their mothers at the time of the survey are aggregated.


Chart1　Changes of employment of mothers with one child

Chart1　Changes of employment of mothers with one child


Table 6　Employment status of mothers before and after the deliveries, by the number of siblings
(unit: %)
　 One year before the delivery
Total Unemployed Employed 　
Full-time worker Part-time worker Self-employed worker
/ Family worker		 Pieceworker at home Others
Present (A half year after the delivery) Total 46,961 　 20,926 25,606 14,872 8,092 2,016 424 202
　 (100.0) (44.6) (54.5) (31.7) (17.2) (4.3) (0.9) (0.4)
　 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
　 Unemployed 34,592 73.7 96.3 56.1 49.0 78.9 18.0 53.5 52.5
　 Seeking a job 4,443 9.5 7.7 11.0 11.2 13.1 1.9 9.9 7.9
Not seeking a job 30,050 64.0 88.2 45.1 37.8 65.7 16.1 43.6 44.6
Student 99 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
Employed 11,843 25.2 3.3 43.5 50.7 20.5 81.6 45.8 47.0
　 Full time worker 7,251 15.4 0.4 27.9 47.1 1.4 0.5 1.2 6.9
Part-time worker 1,963 4.2 1.5 6.4 2.4 15.6 1.1 2.6 0.5
Self-employed worker
/ Family worker		 2,019 4.3 0.7 7.3 0.8 1.6 79.7 1.2 2.5
Pieceworker at home 485 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.3 1.6 0.0 40.8 -
Others 125 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 - 37.1
Number of siblings - One 22,914 　 5,868 16,852 10,814 5,165 707 65 101
　 (100.0) (25.6) (73.5) (47.2) (22.5) (3.1) (0.3) (0.4)
　 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
　 Unemployed 17,035 74.3 96.1 67.4 59.5 88.9 30.3 60.0 69.3
　 Seeking a job 2,416 10.5 7.3 11.7 12.7 11.1 3.0 7.7 7.9
Not seeking a job 14,540 63.5 87.5 55.6 46.8 77.8 27.3 52.3 61.4
Student 79 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
Employed 5,640 24.6 3.4 32.2 40.2 10.5 69.3 38.5 29.7
　 Full time worker 4,078 17.8 0.7 23.9 36.8 0.9 0.4 - 3.0
Part-time worker 718 3.1 1.5 3.7 2.2 7.5 0.8 3.1 -
Self-employed worker
/ Family worker		 672 2.9 0.8 3.7 0.8 1.2 67.6 1.5 3.0
Pieceworker at home 129 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 - 33.8 -
Others 43 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 - 23.8
Number of siblings
- Two or more		 24,047 　 15,058 8,754 4,058 2,927 1,309 359 101
　 (100.0) (62.6) (36.4) (16.9) (12.2) (5.4) (1.5) (0.4)
　 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
　 Unemployed 17,557 73.0 96.4 34.5 21.1 61.1 11.4 52.4 35.6
　 Seeking a job 2,027 8.4 7.8 9.6 7.2 16.7 1.4 10.3 7.9
Not seeking a job 15,510 64.5 88.5 24.8 13.8 44.3 10.0 42.1 27.7
Student 20 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
Employed 6,203 25.8 3.2 65.2 78.9 38.1 88.3 47.1 64.4
　 Full time worker 3,173 13.2 0.4 35.6 74.5 2.3 0.6 1.4 10.9
Part-time worker 1,245 5.2 1.5 11.7 2.9 29.9 1.3 2.5 1.0
Self-employed worker
/ Family worker		 1,347 5.6 0.7 14.2 1.0 2.3 86.2 1.1 2.0
Pieceworker at home 356 1.5 0.7 2.9 0.2 3.1 0.1 42.1 -
Others 82 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 - 50.5
Note 1: Only the babies staying with their mothers at the time of the survey are aggregated.
Note 2: The number of "Not stated"of the status in employment is included in the total.

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