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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by myko on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:18PM (#35199117)
In the US 25% of mothers are back at work within 2 weeks of childbirth (https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188343/maternity-leave-united...). FMLA requires jobs to let mothers take time but does not require they be paid, and most folks are living paycheck to paycheck and need the money.
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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by gus_massa on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:40PM (#35199431)
It's 25% of the all mothers or 25% of the mothers that were working before the birth?
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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by boomboomsubban on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:56PM (#35199701)
It's a Department of Labor study, so presumably done on people already in the labor force. Doesn't change how terrible the stat is, even assuming 50% of mothers aren't in the labor pool that'd still be 12% of mothers back in work in under two weeks.
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