ABSTRACT
During the past thirty years the labor force activity of women in the US has undergone remarkable change. The 59 million women in the labor force in July 1993-45 per cent of the total civilian labor force-represented more than double the number of women in paid employment in 1965. However, even this large increase in the number of women in the labor force pales in comparison to the increased labor force activity of women with preschoolage children. Almost 59 per cent of all mothers with children under the age of 6 are currently in the labor force (that is, employed or unemployed but looking for work), compared to less than 22 per cent in 1960 (Table 2.1). In 1993, 59.6 per cent of married women with children under the age of 6 were participating in the labor force, compared to 18.6 per cent in 1960.
