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Table 2 How many women take maternity leave?

From: Does the IAB employment sample reliably identify maternity leave taking? A data reportKann die IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe benutzt werden, um Erziehungsurlaub verlässlich zu identifizieren? Ein Daten-Report

 

All

Working 9 months prior to childbirth

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

West, German

West, Foreign

East

West, German

West, Foreign

East

1987

47.82%

48.74%

 

88.94%

90.08%

 
 

4,724

238

 

(50.55%)

(50.84%)

 

1988

49.54%

45.42%

 

88.53%

87.50%

 
 

5,055

251

 

(52.42%)

(44.80%)

 

1989

49.73%

43.51%

 

89.54%

83.69%

 
 

4,977

285

 

(52.62%)

(49.65%)

 

1990

51.31%

45.85%

 

89.90%

84.78%

 
 

4,968

277

 

(53.20%)

(50.00%)

 

1991

54.21%

43.49%

 

89.68%

80.45%

 
 

4,874

269

 

(55.46%)

(49.81%)

 

1992

54.64%

49.25%

 

89.02%

83.69%

 
 

4,989

266

 

(55.68%)

(53.00%)

 

1993

55.04%

48.45%

58.11%

90.40%

78.89%

81.10%

 

4,809

322

518

(54.81%)

(56.07%)

(63.32%)

1994

52.01%

49.65%

59.44%

90.38%

86.81%

79.82%

 

4,620

286

503

(54.46%)

(51.06%)

(65.81%)

Total

51.79%

46.78%

58.74%

89.95%

83.52%

80.46%

 

39,016

2,194

1,021

(53.45%)

(51.43%)

(64.55%)

  1. Note: The table reports the share of mothers who take maternity leave. Columns 1 to 3 refer to all mothers, and columns 4 to 9 refer to mothers who were employed 9 months prior to childbirth. Here, the share in parentheses displays the share of mothers who were employed 9 months prior to childbirth. The findings are based on Sample A.