§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of employed women he estimates leave their jobs due to pregnancy or confinement; and what percentage of such women he estimates returns to work thereafter.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerFigures are not available in the form requested.
Approximately 8 per cent. of women of child-bearing age have babies in any one year. A somewhat lower percentage would be expected to apply to working women of child bearing age.
695WThe 1971 census gave the economic activity rate for married women in households where the youngest child was under five as nearly 20 per cent.