Despite an overall increase in women’s participation in the workforce, married women with a child less than one year old are leaving the workplace in droves, reports Circadian Technologies. Between 1997 and 2000, the number increased by six percent, with a high concentration among women who held graduate or professional degrees.
A study by research firm Catalyst found that one in three women with M.B.A.s are not working full time, compared to one in 20 men. Part of this trend is generational: A study by Reach Advisors showed that in the highest household-income bracket, 51 percent of “Generation X†mothers were home full-time, compared to 33 percent of baby boomers.