Data Employment Analysis of Maternity and Paternity Benefits 2019 - 2022

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CSO statistical release, 05 May 2023, 11am

Table 1.1 Employment Analysis of Maternity and Paternity Benefits 2022 Headline Table

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Table 1.1 Maternity and Paternity Benefit Recipients and Rates, 2019-2022
				number
	2019	2020	2021	2022
Maternity Benefit Recipients	42,147	39,840	43,904	39,028
Paternity Benefit Recipients	26,630	24,270	26,463	24,713

			per 100 employees ¹
Maternity Benefit Rate	6.4	6.1	7.2	5.5
Paternity Benefit Rate	3.7	3.3	3.9	3.3
¹ Female employees for maternity benefit rate and male employees for paternity benefit rate. See Background Notes for more details.