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Early pregnancy and women’s long-term earningsCEFR A1

20 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Kat Cosley Trigg - Rice, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Jonathan Borba, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
1 min
53 words
  • New study looks at motherhood and earnings.
  • Early pregnancy can change a woman’s future.
  • Women who delay motherhood earn more.
  • Women who have children early earn less.
  • Not becoming pregnant can help career paths.
  • Early pregnancy can stop career progress.
  • Support for parents can help careers.
  • Researchers want more study of these effects.

Difficult words

  • motherhood — the state of being a mother
  • pregnancy — when a baby grows inside a woman
  • earning — money a person gets for work
    earnings
  • delay — to wait before doing something
  • career — the work a person does over many years
  • researcher — a person who studies a topic carefully
    Researchers
  • support — help that people or families receive

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Discussion questions

  • Do you think support for parents is important?
  • Would you delay having children for your career?

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