July 29, 2024Social Policy and AdministrationOpen Access

Motherhood in academia: A novel dataset of UK academic women with an application to maternity leave uptake

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Motherhood shapes career paths in higher education, where employment status and family arrangements significantly impact whether paid or unpaid maternity leave is taken.
Institutional occupational maternity benefits vary across academic employers, directly altering individual childbearing timelines and long-term career progression over years.
Analysis combining survey responses with institutional occupational maternity benefits data provides linked individual histories to inform gender equity policies in academia.

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Survey analysis reveals determinants of maternity leave uptake among UK academic mothers, highlighting the structural impacts of employment status and institutional benefits.

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Leo et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5ea38b6db64358757ed23 https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13057

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Survey analysis reveals determinants of maternity leave uptake among UK academic mothers, highlighting the structural impacts of employment status and institutional benefits.

Motherhood in academia: A novel dataset of UK academic women with an application to maternity leave uptake

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Motherhood in academia: A novel dataset of UK academic women with an application to maternity leave uptake

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