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Q: Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?

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Gender

Male

43% Yes

Female

45% Yes

Ethnicity

% who responded "Yes"

49% of Asian or Pacific Islander employees selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 41% of Other employees chose "Yes".

49%

Asian or Pacific Islander

47%

Hispanic or Latino

44%

Caucasian

42%

African American/Black

41%

Native American

41%

Other

Department

% who responded "Yes"

54% of employees in the Design department selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 32% of employees in the Executive department chose "Yes".

Design 54%

Legal 52%

Engineering 49%

Product 49%

Marketing 46%

Admin 45%

Finance 44%

Communications 44%

Customer Support 42%

IT 41%

Operations 40%

Sales 40%

Business Development 39%

HR 39%

Executive 32%

Age

% who responded "Yes"

52% of employees aged 18-25 selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 35% of employees aged 51-55 chose "Yes".

Education

% who responded "Yes"

50% of employees with a Doctoral or professional education level selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 44% of employees with a High school education level chose "Yes".

Experience

% who responded "Yes"

48% of employees at their company 1 to 3 Years selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 41% of nullemployees at their company Over 10 Years chose "Yes".

Entry Level

1 to 3 Years

3 to 6 Years

6 to 10 Years

Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "Yes"

80% of employees in Minneapolis selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 32% of employees in Phoenix chose "Yes".

Minneapolis 80%

Seattle 51%

Chicago 50%

Fort Lauderdale, FL 50%

Washington, DC 47%

San Diego 47%

Los Angeles 46%

San Francisco 44%

New York 42%

Boston 42%

Denver 41%

Houston 41%

Dallas 40%

Atlanta 37%

Phoenix 32%

Gender & Department

% who responded "Yes"

61% of Female employees in the Engineering department selected "Yes" when asked "Do you think having children holds people back in their careers?", while only 31% of Female employees in the Executive department chose "Yes".

Admin

Male 53%

Female 43%

Business Development

Male 39%

Female 38%

Communications

Male 32%

Female 54%

Customer Support

Male 40%

Female 42%

Design

Male 56%

Female 53%

Engineering

Male 46%

Female 61%

Executive

Male 33%

Female 31%

Finance

Male 46%

Female 41%

Male 35%

Female 41%

Male 40%

Female 41%

Legal

Male 50%

Female 53%

Marketing

Male 47%

Female 47%

Operations

Male 37%

Female 45%

Product

Male 48%

Female 51%

Sales

Male 42%

Female 39%

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