Moms in the New Hampshire Labor Force

Sen. Sue Prentiss: Care moms need, where and when needed

RIGHT PATIENT, right place, right time. This is a phrase commonly used in emergency medical care, and applies to the needs of moms in New Hampshire. Right patient: our hospital, medical, and social systems have to serve pregnant, birthing, and…

Moms in the New Hampshire Labor Force

This Mother’s Day, the NHFPI team is honoring the hard work of New Hampshire moms by doing what we do best: highlighting key data that shows the challenges – and contributions – of mothers across the Granite State. Based on data collected from 2019 to 2023, there were approximately 126,667 Granite State mothers between the ages of 20 to 64 with children under 18 years old who lived with them. Among this group, about 80.0 percent were in the labo…

If Parenting Came with a Paycheck, Mothers of Young Children Would Earn $450 Billion a Year

Caregiving takes time, particularly for mothers. On an average day in 2023, mothers of younger children spent 2.5 hours exclusively on child care (primary care) and another 6.5 hours supervising children in combination with other activities. While fathers also spent time caring for kids—averaging 1.5 hours on primary and 4.9 hours per day on secondary child care—the gaps in parental care are large: Mothers spent 167 percent more time on primary,…