Birthrate higher when moms work full-time, dads do less overtime, gov't paper says
MSN-Mainichi, July 30, 2005
Japan's birthrate jumps in areas where more mothers have full-time jobs or fathers work less overtime, according to a government paper issued Friday...
In smaller cities such as Yamagata and Toyama in the north and Kochi the south, there are more working mothers with full-time positions but their birthrates were higher than the national average.
Birth rates were lower in larger cities where many women were part-timers or worked long hours, the paper said.
In Tokyo and other big cities where more fathers work over 60 hours per week, their birthrates tended to be low....more...
