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CREDIT: TIME Chart by Cynthia Davis

CAPTION: WORKING MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER SIX

DESCRIPTION: Percentage of working mothers of children under six from 1960 to 1986.

CHART: TEXT NOT AVAILABLE

CREDIT: Illustration for TIME by Joe Lertola

CAPTION: A Woman's Place

In a poll for TIME by the firm Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 80% agreed with the statement that "many women today are having a hard time balancing the demands of raising children, marriage and work." Here are some of the findings:

) DESCRIPTION: Five questions about working women with answers as percentages of men, women and both.


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