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Urban Indian women choose career over motherhood: Survey
Thursday May 10, 2012 06:38:18 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: A majority
of young married working women in Indian metropolices are choosing
career over family as they are in no mood to raise kids, a survey
released here Thursday said.
About 1,200 married, working women without children in the age
group of 24-30 in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other major cities
were interviewed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and
Industry of India (Assocham) during March and April.
While Mumbai topped the survey, Bangalore came in second followed
by Delhi.
"Over 650 of the working women said that they won't be starting a
family anytime soon as career advancement and higher education was
their priority, which they couldn't sacrifice to raise kids," said
the survey.
Another 200 respondents were of the view that pregnancy would
spoil their physical appearance while around 70 considered
themselves too young to be a mother.
However, about 220 respondents had no qualms in becoming mothers
as it would make them feel happier, and were not fearful of the
effect motherhood might have on their career.
The remaining candidates wanted to accumulate enough wealth before
they started a family.
The survey also included interview of about 800 stay-at-home
mothers and 40 percent of them said that it was better to raise
their kids at home rather than pay a bomb at day care units.
Besides, a majority of them said they were proud of choosing
motherhood over work as it would lead to comprehensive development
of their wards during the pre-school years.
About 35 percent said they had sacrificed their social life to
raise their kids while 25 percent said they regretted not being
able to work, tangled as they were in managing their houses and
kids.
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