단대부고 고1 2026 1학기 기말고사 영어 내신 분석

The more women go out to work, it has been said, the lower the birthrate will be. The idea is that it’s so much more difficult for parents to raise children when both parents work full-time. Yet, in some countries, the facts suggest otherwise. Countries with high female labor participation rates, such as Sweden, tend to have higher fertility rates than Italy and Japan, where fewer women work. Indeed, the decline in fertility has been greatest in countries where female employment is low. It seems that if female labor participation is supported by the right policies, it need not reduce fertility. In general, countries in which more women have stayed at home offer less support for working mothers, which causes lower birth rates. In countries where women and men participate fairly equally in the workforce and childcare services are affordable and widely available, _____________________________.