Nearly as many working moms (34 percent) are the sole financial providers in their families as men (39 percent), according to a new survey by CareerBuilder.
The survey also found that, with more women taking on financial responsibilities for their families and today's demanding work environments, some women feel they have to reduce their time on maternity leave.
Among female respondents who have had a child in the past three years, 30 percent did not take the full time allotted by maternity leave. Forty-five percent of those respondents report that they took more than eight weeks of maternity leave; however, 17 percent took off four weeks or less, and 12 percent took only two weeks or less.
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