The baby bust

The women who can most afford motherhood are the least likely to have babies

Correspondence:

1. Siedlecky S, Wyndham D. Populate or perish. Australian women's fight for birth control. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1990: 13.
2. Knightly P. Australia. A biography of a nation. London: Jonathan Cape, 2000: 48.
3. Chapman B, Dunlop Y, Gray M, et al. The impact of children on the lifetime earnings of Australian women: evidence from the 1990s. Aust Econ Rev 2001; 14(4): 373-389.
4. More educated women tend to have fewer children. Fact Sheets on Work and Family (released by the Minister for Family and Community Services, Amanda Vanstone). Canberra: July 2002. Available at: h ttp: //www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/via/min_factsheets/$File/work_family.pdf (accessed May 2003).
5. Women on higher incomes tend to have fewer children. Fact Sheets on Work and Family (released by the Minister for Family and Community Services, Amanda Vanstone). Canberra: July 2002. Available at: http: //www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/via/min_factsheets/$File/work_family.pdf (accessed May 2003).

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