( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “giving up work.” The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees. [CutID: <Cuts> CHILD-CARE-MOMS-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: CHILD-CARE-MOMS-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: giving up work] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The findings come from an analysis of U.S. Census survey data […]
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America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “giving up work.”
The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees.
[CutID: <Cuts> CHILD-CARE-MOMS-house-q-TUEam.mp3
Time: 24s
Title: CHILD-CARE-MOMS-house-q-TUEam
Out-cue: giving up work]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The findings come from an analysis of U.S. Census survey data by The Associated Press.
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VERBATIM: Women’s participation in the workforce has recovered from the pandemic, reaching historic highs in December. But that masks a lingering employment crisis among moms who lack a college degree. For these moms, a day without work is often a day without pay. And when they face an interruption in child care arrangements, an adult in the family is far more likely to adjust by giving up work.