According to new research by the charity, women in the 25 per cent most expensive areas for childcare were less likely to return to work than women who live in areas where childcare is cheaper.
Despite high earners often living in areas which have high childcare prices, the charity found that childcare costs still had an effect after this was taken into account, for women who returned to work part-time in particular.
The research, which is based on data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study of approximately 40,000 households and the Coram Family and Childcare’s own figures on childcare costs, analyses the choices of British women from the year before they have a baby to up to three years afterwards. The mothers had at least one baby born between 2009 and 2015.
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