Fig. 1

Proportion of women bearing children and participating in the labor force. Notes: The figure draws on data from the March Current Population Surveys (CPS), 1969–2001 (King et al. 2010). The sample is comprised of women ages 18–39. We define “childbirth” and “recent motherhood” “notes” based on the presence of an own-child less than or equal to 1 year old in the household. Each series of data has been plotted after applying a 3-year moving average to smooth out year-to-year fluctuations