Data set from Childcare and early years survey of parents

Maternal work

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Published 9 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

Maternal employment patterns overtime

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years survey of parents
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 64
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Percentage of mothers working FT and PT
• Filters:
  • Mothers working pattern
• Time period: 2010 to 2025

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	mothers_working_pattern	proportion
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Mother working FT	44
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Mother working PT (16-29 hrs/ wk)	26
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Mother working PT (1-15 hrs/ wk)	5
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Mother not working	25
2024	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Mother working FT	44

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
mothers_working_pattern	Mothers working pattern
proportion	Percentage of mothers working FT and PT

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Footnotes

1. x is used when the data is unavailable. This is used when the data was not collected in that year.
2. Caution should be taken when comparing 2021 figures with other years due to the potential impact of COVID-19 disruptions on the 2021 data.
3. 2010 data corresponds to 2010-11, 2011 data corresponds to 2011-12, 2012 data corresponds to 2012-13, 2014 data corresponds to 2014-15. There was no survey in 2013, 2015 and 2016. 2019 survey was with families with children aged 0-4 and so the data are not directly comparable. 2020 data is presented separately in the supporting files due to a limited sample caused by COVID-19 disruption, limiting comparisons.

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Early Years Analysis and Research

Email: EY.ANALYSISANDRESEARCH@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Rachel Murphy

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