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title: ""More than 40  percent of women with full-time jobs in science leave…"
date: 2020-11-18
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# "More than 40  percent of women with full-time jobs in science leave…

*November 18, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/02/26/40-percent-of-women-leave-stem-jobs-after-kids.html](https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/02/26/40-percent-of-women-leave-stem-jobs-after-kids.html){target="_blank"}
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\"More than 40 percent of women with full-time jobs in science leave the field or switch to part-time work after having their first child.\
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That\'s according to a study reported in the journal Nature. The research, conducted by Erin Cech, a sociologist at the University of Michigan, and Mary Blair-Loy, a sociologist at the University of California - San Diego, found that the same was true for 23 percent of men.\"\
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[https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/02/26/40-percent-of-women-leave-stem-jobs-after-kids.html](https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/02/26/40-percent-of-women-leave-stem-jobs-after-kids.html){target="_blank"}
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