Recession affecting women's decision to have children or not
This week, the internet has been full of stories related to a report produced by Guttmacher Insitute called 'A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions'
The researchers surveryed just under 1000 women and the results were fascinating. Nearly half of those surveyed said they wanted to delay or reduce childbearing because of the economy. 64% of the women surveyed agreed with the statement 'With the economy the way it is now, I can't afford to have children.'
Of course, the worry is that women who delay having children because of the economy (but do ultimately want to have children) will find their chances of conceiving reduced the longer they want.
Other postings/articles about this topic:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1925944,00.html?imw=Y
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/23/to-have-a-child-or-not-sometimes-its-all-about-economy-finds-guttmacher-institute
The researchers surveryed just under 1000 women and the results were fascinating. Nearly half of those surveyed said they wanted to delay or reduce childbearing because of the economy. 64% of the women surveyed agreed with the statement 'With the economy the way it is now, I can't afford to have children.'
Of course, the worry is that women who delay having children because of the economy (but do ultimately want to have children) will find their chances of conceiving reduced the longer they want.
Other postings/articles about this topic:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1925944,00.html?imw=Y
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/23/to-have-a-child-or-not-sometimes-its-all-about-economy-finds-guttmacher-institute
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