About 50 percent of them are working less than half their normal hours.

In 1975, only 47 percent of American women with children younger than 18 were working or looking for work.

Work In 1900, only 6 percent of married women worked outside the home.

But 73 percent of all employees work for small companies.

More than 80 percent had worked at some point in the year.

About 17 percent of the labor force works less than 30 hours a week.

But nearly 45 percent of black women in that age group worked.

It found that 70 percent worked, a third of them more than 15 hours a week.

Still, 16 percent kept out of trouble, worked and did well.

In 2003, around 30 percent of women worked only part time.