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Women are being forced to become stay-at-home mothers because the cost of child care means it is not worth going back to work, a survey has revealed.


Almost three quarters of mothers say they wanted to go back to work after maternity leave but only a quarter did. More than 26 per cent did not go back until their children had started school.

And although 38 per cent stayed at home because they wanted to spend more time with their children, one in five blamed the cost of child care, saying that by the time they had paid the fees, they had hardly any wages left.

However, more than half of the 4,000 mothers surveyed for market research company www.onepoll.com said they would have loved to go back to work if the cost of child care was not an issue.

A quarter of mothers manage work thanks to help from family, with 30 per cent saying grandparents look after the children. Seven per cent also get financial aid from the grandparents.

More than 28 per cent were offered help by their employer. Four per cent allowed mothers to work from home while three per cent provided a creche in the office.

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