Análise das mulheres casadas com filhos: como a maternidade interfere no desenvolvimento acadêmico e profissional feminino do Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

The following research analyzed data from the 2010 IBGE Census, referring to 506,283 married women in the Northeast of Brazil, of which 87.7% with children and 12.3% without children, considering "household situation", "level of education", "income" and "race or color" as variables, based on the chi-square analysis (x²). It was found that the majority of married women have children and have an urban home with 66.9% of the frequencies and in rural with 33.1%, they face greater educational and economic difficulties, with 47.1% belonging to the group "without education or with incomplete primary education" and 48.6% not having their own income. In contrast, women without children have higher levels of education, starting from "complete primary and incomplete secondary education", establishing that motherhood is a factor that limits female academic and professional progress in the Northeast of Brazil. The research results confirm that having children has a significant impact on the academic and professional development of married women, by limiting their opportunities for academic growth and consequently better earnings.