Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 13:49 in Psychology & Sociology

Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions for couples over a number of years, found that the decision to have one or more children was intricately bound up with the working patterns of parents.

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