Summary

How the employment of men and women aged 16 to 64 years with children has changed over the past two decades and what the current picture looks like.

Publications

• Families and the labour market, UK: 2021

  The employment rates and employment practices of men and women with dependent children in the UK, based on data from the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and Time Use Survey.

Data

• Families and the labour market, UK

  Supporting data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on maternal and paternal employment, broken down by age, sex, number of dependent children, family type, skill level and employment type.

• Trends in the employment activity of mothers and fathers

  Trends in employment activity by family type, between April and June 2012 and April to june 2021

• Families and the labour market: flexible and homeworking

  Special working arrangements for men and women living with and without dependent children by age of youngest child

• Families and the labour market, Wales

  Supporting data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on maternal and paternal employment, broken down by age, sex, number of dependent children, family type, skill level and employment type.

• Families and the labour market, Scotland

  Supporting data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on maternal and paternal employment, broken down by age, sex, number of dependent children, family type, skill level and employment type.

• Families and the labour market, England

  Supporting data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) on maternal and paternal employment, broken down by age, sex, number of dependent children, family type, skill level and employment type.

• Families and the labour market, Northern Ireland

  Supporting data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on maternal and paternal employment, broken down by age, sex, number of dependent children, family type, skill level and employment type.

• Time Use

  Estimates for time spent by employed parents carrying out their daily tasks

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   14 July 2022 9:30am

   Reason for change

   This release has been postponed to allow more time to quality assure the data.