Russian women are ready to interrupt their maternity leave to pay off their mortgage

Russian women with small children are ready to leave maternity leave earlier than planned in order to pay off their mortgage. Anastasia Tikhonenko, head of the mortgage department of the Development South construction and investment corporation, reported this to TASS.

In order to pay off their mortgage, 54 percent of women with small children are ready to go to work early. Another 34 percent of respondents are ready to start working within the first year after the birth of a child in order to use part of their income to repay the loan early.

About 1.2 thousand women raising children under three years of age took part in the survey. Another 31 percent of participants are considering returning to work one to two years after giving birth, and 35 percent plan to return to work in about three years.

About 37 percent of women want to maintain professional skills, 29 percent expect to increase the family's financial cushion. At the same time, 17 percent already combine child care with work, and about 10 percent choose remote work, freelancing or part-time work.