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Article: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN GIVE BIRTH THEN RETURN TO WORK TO PAY BILLS.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- May 28, 2008
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SYDNEY, May 28 Asia Pulse - A high majority of Australian women return to work within 12 months of having a baby so they can pay personal bills, not because they want to, according to a national survey.
In an Australian Women's Weekly survey of 15,000 women, 75 per cent said paying bills was the driving force of returning to work within a year, while another 14 per cent said they did so to keep their jobs.
Meanwhile, 38 per cent return to employment for their own personal fulfillment, while another 13 per cent do it to avoid losing their status.
The survey, the third and last in a series, is touted the biggest of its kind and is a follow up to ...