Women dropping out of the work force

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12. Some women just choose not to have kids at all.

Either because they aren't interested in motherhood or they don't find it to be financially feasible. Even if you are married, there is no guarantee that your husband is going to stick around and taking time off to stay home and raise children puts women at an extreme disadvantage economically.

Even some couples decide that having children just isn't in the budget for them. It's hard enough for many people just to make ends meet without the extra financial burden of children. Student loan debt, mortgages, insecure finances, etc. just make too many people feel like they can't bear the extra risk of bringing children into the mix.