Richer women put off having kids; poorer women adopt 'live fast, die young' strategy: Study

Richer women who face a shortage of men will delay having children and focus on their careers, according to new research.

Richer women put off having kids; poorer women adopt 'live fast, die young' strategy: Study

Richer women who face a shortage of men will delay having children and focus on their careers, according to new research.

However, poorer women will start having children younger if there aren’t enough men to go around, the study by the University of Portsmouth in the UK suggests.

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