As stigma about mothers working full-time plummets and living costs rise, data shows the proportion of dual-earner families has increased to 71 per cent, nearly double the level of 1979.
Mothers including Rachel Di Leva say working part-time but doing a full-time workload influences their choice to“I find with three and four days, you’re essentially paid less, but you’re still on the clock working the same hours,” says Di Leva, who started her own business, Allure Wellness Consulting, after years in the vitamin industry.
“Having two girls, role modelling that is also important,” she says. “Financially though, it’s definitely more so now than ever making us think about whether I go back to work full-time, now they’re both in primary school. In the 40 years since more women than men started enrolling at universities, women have developed an expectation they will not stop working.
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