🗞️ 🗞️ Dr Bernice Kuang, research fellow in #demography from the University of #Southampton, told the report’s authors that people are waiting to have #children because it takes longer “to establish yourself in your #career, to buy a #house, to leave the #parentalhome”.
Full article: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/london-contemplates-childless-future-as-families-leave-british-capital
#London #demography #population #housingcrisis #childcarecosts #schools #families #UKpolicy #populationchange #urbanissues #LondonAssembly #migration #socialpolicy #socialscience
🗞️ CPC-CG member Professor Athina Vlachantoni and CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou (Department of #Gerontology at University of #Southampton) recently wrote an article examining why white British #families are more likely to depend on #grandparents for #childcare, drawing on findings from #UnderstandingSociety data.
Head to section 5 of the latest #ChangingPopulations magazine to read the article: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELXCdXJ?ref=Link&loc=play
Boy joyfully greets his mom at daycare pickup for five years in the cutest compilation ever
🌐 For this year's #WorldPopulationDay, we reported on some of our research which provides a detailed picture of how #economic, #social and #policy factors interact to shape #fertility and #family choices.
Read the full story in #ChangingPopulations (section 5): https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link
#population #demography #socialscience #childbearing #sociology #genderequality #childcare #housing #economy #families #youngpeople #generations #futuregenerations #jobsecurity #childcarecosts #childfree
My spouse, who holds a degree, wants to go back to work, but the cost of childcare negates or exceeds any income she'd make, so she's compelled to stay at home.
And we have it "good."
American parents today are actively disincentivized to have children, and it sucks. 😓
https://apnews.com/article/daycare-child-care-college-degree-moms-ac72f1227844eae0281305835e07273b
America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees. Women’s participation in the workforce has recovered from the pandemic, reaching historic highs in December. But that masks a lingering employment crisis among moms who lack a college degree. For these moms, a day without work is often a day without pay. And when they face an interruption in child care arrangements, an adult in the family is far more likely to adjust by giving up work, according to an analysis of U.S. Census survey data by The Associated Press.
The support with childcare costs for those on Universal Credit at least used to be on the basis of you have to pay for the childcare and claim a share of it back. If that is still the case you still need to be able to afford to pay the fees up front and only get paid back for a percentage of it in about a month's time.
Childcare – a grim tale | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/childcare-%E2%80%93-grim-tale
#Childcare
#PrivateInvestors
#Murty
#KoruKids
#Profiteering
#Shepherd
#ChildcareCosts
#ChildcareShortage
netmums repeats DWP propaganda over Universal Credit changes
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/08/18/universal-credit-parents-forced-work-netmums/
#DWP
#BackToWork
#WorseOffInWork
#MakingWorkPay
#MakingWorkPayNot
#ChildcareCosts
#Sanctions
#TimePoverty
#Poverty
#Children
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