In a survey conducted by Milieu Insight on working women in Singapore conducted on April 2024, 54 percent of respondents stated that they did not extend their allocated maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take more time off for childcare. In Singapore, working mothers are entitled to 16 or 12 weeks' of paid maternity leave, depending on certain criteria being met.
Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024
Original survey question: “Thinking about the time you gave birth, did you extend your allocated maternity leave or use unpaid leave so that you had more time to take care of your child?”
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Milieu Insight. (May 16, 2024). Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/
Milieu Insight. "Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024." Chart. May 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/
Milieu Insight. (2024). Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/
Milieu Insight. "Share of Women Who Extended Maternity Leave or Took Unpaid Leave to Take Care of Their Child in Singapore as of April 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/
Milieu Insight, Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of women who extended maternity leave or took unpaid leave to take care of their child in Singapore as of April 2024 [Graph], Milieu Insight, May 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493945/singapore-share-of-women-who-extended-maternity-leave/
