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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Childcare meant women almost twice as likely to break lockdown rules

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Childcare duties pushed many women into infringing lockdown laws during the Covid pandemic, according to a new study.

Research, by social policy charity, the Nuffield Foundation, found women were almost twice as likely to flout government regulations barring people from meeting indoors to curtail the spread of coronavirus.

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