‘It’s money’: the Britons who want children but feel they can’t

The most cited reason for UK couples deciding not to have a baby was affordability. Photograph: d3sign/Getty Images

Elizabeth, 29, a sales executive from Surrey, would very much like to have children, but feels she is unable to do so for the time being.

“Simply – it’s money,” Elizabeth says. “I’ve been with my husband for 10 years, and we would have children already but for the cost of living.”