Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ngā wāhine e haere ana ki te mahi, he rite tonu ki ngā wāhine kahore he tamariki, e ai ki ngā tatauranga o inanahi. Ko te tohu hītori i tutuki i te tau kua hipa ko te kotahi anake o nga whaea e whā e noho ana ki te kāinga ki te whakatipu tamariki. I whakaaturia e ngā tatauranga mai i te Tari o ngā Tatauranga ā-Motu, 74.1 ōrau o ngā whaea me ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 16, kei waenganui i te 16 me te 18 mēnā kei te kura tonu rātau, e kiia ana he "whakauru ki te mākete mahi". Hei whakataurite, 75 ōrau o ngā wāhine kāore he tamariki e tiakina ana, kei te mahi, kei te rapu mahi rānei i te tau kua hipa. I tēnei wā ka haere ngā whaea ki waho ki te mahi, he rite tonu ki ngā wāhine kahore he tamariki, e ai ki ngā tatauranga o inanahi. I waenganui i ngā tau 1990, e rua hautoru noa iho o ngā whaea i whai mahi, i taua wā, pērā i tēnei wā, e toru i roto i te whā o ngā wāhine kore tamariki e mahi ana. Kua kati te rerekētanga nā te mea he haurua miriona ake ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki i raro i te rima tau e mahi ana, e rapu mahi ana rānei, i te tau 1996. He 200,000 anō ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki i waenganui i te rima me te tekau tau i runga i te mākete mahi. I kitea e te pūrongo o te ONS, he nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā whaea ki te whai mahi i ngā wāhine kore whānau i te tau 2013, engari i te tau kua hipa neke atu i te 350,000 ngā wāhine kore tamariki i uru ki te mākete mahi e tipu haere ana. Ka manakohia ngā tatauranga hou e ngā minita o te Rōpū. I kii te Kaiwhakahaere George Osborne i roto i tana korero tahua i te Wenerei ko te mea nui o te "wa nui" a te Kawanatanga i roto i te hanganga mahi, ka hoatu ki a Peretana tana reeti mahi teitei rawa atu, he "nui ake nga wahine i roto i te mahi i mua atu". Kua whakawhiwhia e ngā Minita te whiwhinga mō te whakapiki i ngā pūtea tautoko kāwanatanga mō te tiaki tamariki mai i te £2 piriona ki te £3 piriona ia tau mai i te tau 2010. Engari ko te hunga e whakahe ana ki te akiaki a te Kāwanatanga kia nui ake ngā whaea ki te haere ki waho ki te mahi, e mea ana he tokomaha e pōhēhē ana ki te mahi, ā, e hiahia ana ki te noho ki te kāinga ki te whakatipu i a rātou tamariki. Ko te tohu hītori i tae mai i te tau kua hipa ko te kotahi anake o nga whaea e wha e noho ana i te kainga ki te whakatipu tamariki (whakaahua na nga tauira) Ko te kaituhi me te kaitohutohu whanau a Jill Kirby i kii ko nga tatauranga te hua o nga mahi a te kawanatanga ki te akiaki i nga whaea kia pai ake nga tamariki ki te tiaki tamariki, me te kii:
Kotahi noa iho i roto i te whā ngā whaea e noho ana ki te kāinga ki te whakatipu i a rātau tamariki, e whakaatu ana ngā tatauranga. Tata ki te 74% o ngā whaea me ngā tamariki i raro i te 16 tau kei 'te mākete mahi' I tēnei wā 75% o ngā wāhine kahore tamariki kei te mahi, kei te rapu mahi rānei. I waenganui i ngā tau 1990, e rua hautoru noa iho o ngā whaea o Ingarangi i mahi.