Radio Taiwan Interntional
Date: 2018-05-03
As Mother’s Day approaches, a recent survey of working mothers shows that 86% of them say they can’t take care of both their family and careers. 59% also said Taiwan’s work environment is not friendly to mothers. That was the word from the Yes 123 internet job bank.
As for why women chose to work after becoming mothers, 80% said it was due to financial needs. Of these, 67% said they had a lot of financial pressure but did not need to rely on parents while 12% did need to rely on parents for financial help.
Working mothers also believe they don’t receive equal pay or opportunities for promotion. 62% said they faced challenges at work when they took days off for their children’s sake. 81% said they have argued with their spouse about issues regarding their children and 60% have argued over work matters.
With the challenges working mothers face, nearly 30% said that if they could start over again, they probably wouldn’t have children.
The survey was taken of 1188 working mothers between April 12 to April 27.
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