Women and Girls/Gender

A new KFF analysis finds that fewer than half of employed women ages 18-64 say their employer offers a paid parental leave benefit, such as maternity or paternity leave (43%) or family and medical leave (44%). Access to these workplace benefits varies widely by employment status, income, location, and level…

This brief, based on the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey highlights how workplace benefits and caring for children’s health care differ by gender and among different subpopulations of women.