New mothers 'can't afford not to return to work'

Most mothers who return to work after having a baby are forced into it for financial reasons, research reveals today.

The findings highlight the problems facing women who desperately want to stay at home to raise their children, but simply cannot afford to.

Researchers asked mothers with children under the age of three what was their 'main' reason for going back to work.

More than 50 per cent said financial pressure, particularly significant debt problems, was to blame.


The most common answer was simply: 'Money was tight', while others said: 'We were in serious debt by the time I returned to work and needed the income to repay it.'

Just one in five said their main reason for going back to work was because they wanted to continue with their career, and 16 per cent said they wanted 'an alternative in my life to home and family'.


For more on this story follow the link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1287556/New-mothers-afford-return-work.html#ixzz0rD25SHvl