‘I’m so much more myself now, coming back to work’ - working class mothers, paid work and childcare.

NS-SEC Class

Stoke Newington
(n=34)

Battersea
(n=36)

All

Mothers
(n=70)

1 higher managerial & professional
occupations________________________

0

0

0

2 lower managerial & professional
occupations________________________

5

4

9

3 intermediate occupations__________

8

11

19      '

4 own account workers____________

_________2_________

1

3

5 lower supervisory & technical
occupations________________________

0

0

0

6 semi-routine occupations__________

6

11

17      '

7 routine occupations_______________

____________3____________

1

4

8 never worked & long-term
unemployed____________________

6

5

11

Student (unclassified)_______________

4

3

7       '