“The largest single immediate cause of marriage breakdown is economic pressure which brings about distortions in family living patterns.”— B. A. SantamariaAustralian families are suffering from a steady decline of incomes, rising unemployment and replacement of full-time with part-time jobs. This has forced large numbers of women with dependent children into the paid workforce.Surveys over the past 15 years have shown that at least two-thirds of women with young children would prefer to be…
