{"id":1011,"date":"2012-07-17T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2012-07-17T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:02:56","slug":"mothers-suffer-the-most-on-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/mothers-suffer-the-most-on-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers suffer the most on jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0and squeezed budget and part-time jobs [Financial Mail on Sunday, London]<\/h1>\n

July 15–MANY women are struggling emotionally as well as financially to deal with the impact on their household budget of the recession, rising prices and higher tax bills.<\/h4>\n

They are also big losers from the continued shrinkage of the economy as part-time jobs, which they tend to dominate, are being lost.<\/h4>\n

These are the findings of a report by the Centre for the Modern Family, a think-tank sponsored by insurance giant Scottish Widows, part of Lloyds Banking Group.<\/h4>\n

The think-tank interviewed 1,500 people across the country in April, asking them how they and their families were coping with life, especially from a financial perspective.<\/h4>\n

According to the findings, more women (48 per cent) are facing financial challenges than men (32 per cent) while unemployment is also an issue for a bigger proportion of women (18 per cent) than for men (14 per cent).<\/h4>\n

A quarter of women have sold items online to make ends meet while 23 per cent have had to borrow from family.<\/h4>\n

Liz Fraser, one of the think-tank’s panel of experts and a leading author on parenting issues, says: ‘We know that women are more likely to worry about financial issues.<\/h4>\n

‘However, they are being hit hard by the current recession. Many have part-time jobs to fit around their children and these tend to be the first jobs to go in a downturn.<\/h4>\n

‘Women tend to be at home more than men and take care of the day-to-day running of a family, so they are noticing every small change in the family kitty, which causes great concern.<\/h4>\n

‘Women also tend to be the emotional linchpin of the family, and if they are struggling to cope this can greatly affect the emotions of the whole family.’ ...Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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