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| Working women with children are significantly happier than stay-at-home mothers, regardless of how many hours they work, a survey has said. | Working women with children are significantly happier than stay-at-home mothers, regardless of how many hours they work, a survey has said. |
| The survey by the Institute for Social and Economic Research found that life satisfaction for men depends on whether or not they have a full-time job. | |
| It is not affected by how many hours they work, the report said. | It is not affected by how many hours they work, the report said. |
| The study also showed an increase in life satisfaction for mothers only when their children start going to school. | The study also showed an increase in life satisfaction for mothers only when their children start going to school. |
| For men, the presence of children brings no increase in life satisfaction. | For men, the presence of children brings no increase in life satisfaction. |
| "Perhaps it is not surprising that fertility in Britain is declining," the report said. | "Perhaps it is not surprising that fertility in Britain is declining," the report said. |
| Time and money | Time and money |
| The Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness survey also found that job satisfaction for women with partners is greater when they work part-time, irrespective of how small or large these jobs are. | The Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness survey also found that job satisfaction for women with partners is greater when they work part-time, irrespective of how small or large these jobs are. |
| It says that the main policy implication of its research is that more effort should be put into improving the quality of part-time jobs, where women often suffer career disadvantage. | |
| And it argues that lowering the cost of child care would enable more women to work part-time, increasing their satisfaction. | |
| Other research has not always taken the same point of view. | |
| Another report, conducted by the Centre for Policy Studies in 2003, said nearly half of working mothers would prefer to stay at home with their children if not for money worries. | Another report, conducted by the Centre for Policy Studies in 2003, said nearly half of working mothers would prefer to stay at home with their children if not for money worries. |
| And a 2006 government survey found that more mothers said the desire to spend more time with their children was stopping them from working longer hours. | And a 2006 government survey found that more mothers said the desire to spend more time with their children was stopping them from working longer hours. |