The Resolution Foundation, along with Mumsnet, surveyed 2,000 mothers of children under ten years old about their family make-up, income, childcare arrangements, work preferences and the barriers to work created by childcare.
The cost of childcare was named as the biggest single obstacle to work by more than four in ten mothers, for 42 per cent of those with jobs and 41 per cent not in work.
More than a third a third of stay-at-home mothers said they would like to work and hoped to do a 23 hour week, while one in five who are already employed wanted to take on more work, an extra 10 hours a week on average.
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