The report, The role of women in the rural economy, published last week, looked at three areas in rural England - north Cornwall, Wiltshire and Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It said that 40 per cent of women reported difficulties in finding the childcare they needed.
The report suggested that many women's jobs do not match their skills and the women held higher qualifications than the jobs required. It said the lack of accessible and appropriate childcare, combined with low wages, limited public transport and the cost of private transport, meant working mothers had no option but to take whatever was on offer.
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