France is around 2[%] below UK (don't know how child bearing is counted).
Assume 2 children per woman [replacement rate]. Assume 9 months of pregnancy per child [mild assumption] Assume 30 years of fertile life [15 to 45]
2 pregnancies/woman * 9 months/pregnancy / 30 years/woman = 5%
Coincidentally, 30 years is also the length of the 24-54 age period. Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
However my question was about wether a women on pregnancy vacation who had a job before is counted as employed or unemployed.
However, the point is that each 15/16 weeks of maternity leave could account for 1% of the female population being inactive. Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
