Abstract
Using secondary analysis of large, nationally representative government data sets, we explore the interaction of occupational class and the age of youngest child in mothers' labour force participation. We show that levels of full‐time working vary markedly in each occupational class and by age of youngest child. Within part‐time working, the principal form of labour force participation for mothers, there are marked class differences in eligibility for ‘short‐term’ and ‘long‐term’ employment rights, as well as in the ‘quality’ of part‐time working. We suggest that the impact on mothers' employment of the age of the youngest child is mediated by mothers' occupational class and conclude that there is growing evidence of polarities in the employment experience of mothers in different occupational classes.
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