Chart E data table
Chart E Highly educated mothers earned less than childless women at almost all ages; for low-educated mothers, earnings losses were confined mostly to those age 27 to 34

Chart E.1 Low-educated mothers, earnings losses were confined mostly to those age 27 to 34

Age Low-educated
Without children With children
Hourly earnings (2004 $)
18 to 20 8.8 8.2
21 to 22 9.4 8.7
23 to 24 10.4 10.0
25 to 26 11.2 11.0
27 to 28 11.9 10.9
29 to 30 13.3 11.5
31 to 32 14.3 12.2
33 to 34 14.6 12.6
35 to 36 13.7 13.4
37 to 38 12.7 13.8
39 to 40 14.1 13.6
41 to 43 14.2 14.4
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1993 to 2004.

Chart E.2 Highly educated mothers earned less than childless women at almost all ages

Age Highly educated
Without children With children
Hourly earnings (2004 $)
18 to 20 9.3 9.2
21 to 22 10.4 9.8
23 to 24 12.4 12.0
25 to 26 14.9 13.0
27 to 28 16.5 14.7
29 to 30 18.3 16.4
31 to 32 19.0 17.4
33 to 34 19.4 18.0
35 to 36 19.8 18.5
37 to 38 20.7 19.1
39 to 40 21.6 19.4
41 to 43 22.2 19.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1993 to 2004.