This study aims to analyze the income and employment trajectories of career-interrupted women to identify their types and determinants. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (KLoWEP), we analyzed the income and employmen...
This study aims to analyze the income and employment trajectories of career-interrupted women to identify their types and determinants. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (KLoWEP), we analyzed the income and employment trajectories of reemployed career-interrupted women. For this analysis, we utilized SPSS 26.0, SAS 9.4, and the TRAJ procedure. The results revealed diverse types of income and employment status trajectories, which were associated with household income, husband’s income, the number of school-aged children, providers of informal care and household labor, initial job status, and the husband’s attitude toward his wife’s employment. This study confirms that re-entering the labor market for career-interrupted women is not a simple process but is influenced by various factors, highlighting the need for policies and programs that take these factors into account. Additionally, it was confirmed that the presence of informal caregivers and household labor providers, the employment status of the first job, and the level of initial employment status after re-entry influenced the determination of trajectory types after re-entering the labor market. Therefore, it is necessary to address the issue of career-interrupted women through the development of a work-family balance paradigm that reflects men’s caregiving responsibilities and through substantial interventions for women.