A new study confirmed what any parent who’s had to take unpaid family leave knows: it is financially devastating.
, many women are forced to deplete their savings, take out loans, or take on extra credit card debt to make up for the lost wages.1,001 employed women between the ages of 18 and 44 about how unpaid family leave would impact them financially. Over half, 54%, said they would “consider a personal loan to cover unpaid maternity leave expenses,” while 49% said they would think about “drawing from their retirement funds.
When asked, “If you had to go on unpaid maternity leave for 8 weeks, do you have sufficient cash savings to afford this time,” 70% said “no,” with 74% saying that that would not have any cash savings left after 8 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Ready to get more angry? When asked how unpaid leave would affect them on a scale from 1 to 10 , the average answer was 7. The plurality answered 10.
While upsetting, the number of women who answered they would be in financial dire straits isn’t surprising. According tofrom the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances by the US Federal Reserve, the median savings of Americans was $5,300. This was also before the pandemic, which forced many families to deplete savings just to stay afloat.
The survey then goes on to discuss short-term disability insurance for pregnancy, but the fact that this type of niche, privatized insurance exists in the first place is indicative of the lack of social safety nets for new parents, particularly new mothers.
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