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Media coverage
Title More than half of babies are now born to middle-class mothers, show figures - fuelling fresh hope that more women will enjoy the 'have it all' dream of a career and children Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/01/22 Description Dr Sarah Marie Hall, of Manchester University, interviewed women and couples in the North East and said 'financial insecurity' was leading many to postpone parenthood.
She added: 'We are seeing people increasingly unable to choose to have children, or as many children as they wanted.'
Cuts to welfare, such as the two-child limit on child benefit, were also having an impact.
'Concerns around affording everyday living, and access to childcare, maternity and paternity leave, secure housing, a reasonable and steady income and so on, mean that choice is being stripped away,' Dr Hall said.URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10456215/More-half-babies-born-middle-class-mothers-figures.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 Persons Sarah Marie Hall
Keywords
- population
- birth rates