Only 57% of Italian mothers work
outside the home, ISTAT said Monday.
Italian woman are "heavily penalised with regard to the
possibility of reconciling time to devote to work with that to
devote to the family," the statistics agency said in a report.
"The rate of employment of mothers between the ages of 25 and
54 who are taking care of small children or non-self-sufficient
relatives is 57%, compared to 89.3% for fathers".
There is a north-south gap on this, as with many social and
economic issues, ISTAT said.
The employment rate difference between mothers and childless
daughters was 16% in the poorer south of Italy.
This compared to 11% in the centre, and 10% in the even more
affluent north.
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