A majority of working mothers have taken jobs to support their families and have only limited leisure time due to heavy occupational and household workloads, according to an opinion survey released yesterday.
The online 1111 Job Bank cooperated with a radio station in conducting the survey via the Internet between April 26 and May 6. A total of 1,117 valid responses were collected, with about 60 percent of the respondents in their 30s and 31 percent in their 40s. About 1 percent were unmarried mothers and 11 percent were single parents.
Asked why they work, 82 percent cited "helping with family finances" as a major reason, while 67 percent said they work mainly because they don't want their skills to become "outdated." Respondents were allowed to choose multiple answers.
The survey found that half of the respondents had previously left the job market because of marriage or childbirth; 66 percent said they had taken leaves of absence because their children were sick; 46 percent said they had been unable to work overtime for family reasons; and 33 percent said they had considered quitting their jobs because of family pressure.
Up to 98 percent of working mothers responding to the survey said they have to do household chores after work, including overseeing children's homework, doing laundry and caring for family.
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