Research by Misty Lee Heggeness (2025) found that the labor force participation rate of women with a child under age 5 declined from 69.7% in January 2025 to 66.9% in June 2025, a drop of about 2.8 percentage points.
June 30, 2025
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Change in labor force participation for mothers of young children in the first half of 2025