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Myths and Facts About Women in Nontraditional Occupations

Myth 10.
Women will leave a job to get married and have children; therefore, the job should go to a man who will stay.

FACT
A survey conducted in March 1992 found that the average woman worked 30 years over the course of her lifetime, regardless of whether or not she was married. More than half of the women who do leave work to have children return to the labor force when the child is one year old or younger. By the time their youngest child is three years old, at least 6 out of every 10 mothers have entered or returned to the labor force.

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