Parents' employment rate (<3), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Parents' employment rate (<3), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stood at 67.3 percent in 2025, according to Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) – Digital Gender Equality Atlas. It is one of the indicators in the Gender gaps by federal state table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2008 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Gender gaps by federal state table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All parents2 | 67.3 | 72.5 | 70.6 | 67.7 | 71.4 | 70.9 | 68 | 61.6 | 63.8 | 61.5 | |
| Mothers | 48.1 | 56.2 | 55.6 | 51.7 | 51.8 | 54 | 49.9 | 43.7 | 44.7 | 45.4 | |
| Fathers | 90 | 90.7 | 88.1 | 86.1 | 93.2 | 90 | 89.7 | 82.9 | 86.5 | 81.1 |
Understanding parents' employment rate (<3), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Parental economic participation throughout Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania evaluates both mothers and fathers co-residing with a child under three as a single demographic group. The survey framework encompasses biological parents, adoptive parents, and stepparents living in the same dwelling with at least one infant or toddler. Employed persons comprise dependent workers, salaried employees, public sector staff, and self-employed individuals, including those on statutory parental leave who maintain valid labor contracts. Individuals without work who are actively seeking employment or economically inactive are excluded from the numerator. This combined series provides an overall parental benchmark, contrasting with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's gender-specific rows that isolate mothers or fathers.
Compiled on an annual frequency, the metric averages out seasonal labor market fluctuations and hiring cycles across the year. Year-on-year tracking provides the most consistent approach for evaluating structural changes in family employment across Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Analysts should account for statistical breaks arising from periodic revisions to microcensus survey instruments, updated household sampling frames, and population census extrapolations. An important interpretive consideration is that this blended figure balances out maternal and paternal differences, while counting minimal part-time positions and periods of parental leave on the same terms as standard full-time employment.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania show whether mothers or fathers work more?
- No, it combines both mothers and fathers living with a child under three into a single aggregate rate.
- Are parents on statutory parental leave counted as employed in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania?
- Yes, parents who keep an active employment contract while on parental leave are categorized as employed.
- How does this metric treat part-time and mini-job employment in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania?
- It treats all forms of employment identically, without distinguishing between full-time schedules, part-time jobs, or marginal employment.