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Boredom and babies - no connection says researcher

Evening Advertiser story 'misleading'

A university researcher and a local "There is no research evidence "Some of the women I have inter-
community worker have reacted that women get pregnant because viewed freely admit they feel iso-
strongly to a Swindon Evening Ad- they are bored." lated. It's a feature of new housing
vertiser story which they believe dis- She said that West Swindon is an developments across the country.
torts their work and puts at risk their interesting study area because of My comments to the Evening Adver-
contacts in the community. the concentration of couples who tiser tried to show how constructive
The story which appeared on the bought houses duringthe 1980s price and resourceful women are in deal-
5 January front page alleged that boom. The price collapse over the ing with financial difficulties," said
Cambridge University research stu- last few years has left many house- Hazel.
dent Hazel Christie had discovered holds with mortgages worth more Pam Pixton believes her com-
that women in West Swindon are than their homes. Unemployment ments had been selected to satisfy
becoming pregnant because they are and children put a big strain on the Evening Advertiser's story and
bored. finances which can lead to default- headline.
Thamesdown Council commu- ing on mortgage payments. (continued on page 3)
nity worker Pam Pixton, who has
lived in West Swindon for nearly 14 We bring the International Family
years, is quoted as saying that
women can get so desperate and International Year Group appeals for
lonely that getting pregnant can of the Family
seem the only solution. Upset. Hazel Christie and Pam Pixton more Bosnia food
Both Hazel and Pam reject the down to a
UNITED NATIONS
Evening Advertiser story as being bution women make to the house- community level INTERNATIONAL The Swindon International Family
'crude and misleading' and want to hold budget. YEAR OF THE FAMILY Group is collecting for another
1994
set the record straight through The Hazel said she presumed the The Link magazine and convoy on 1 April. Details of how
Link magazine. They are joined by Evening Advertiser had contacted her Thamesdown Relate have joined you can help on page 3.
the coordinator of the West Swin- after seeing the article in The Link. "I
don Family and Community Project am very embarrassed that the together to celebrate the family and
Mark Thomas, also reported in the Evening Advertiser should para- its contribution to community life.
same article. phrase my early findings and draw Join us in saying 'A Little Thank Another 500 houses
Hazel was featured in the January such crude conclusions under a sen- We discovered our new expanded
Link magazine as carrying out re- sational headline. There is still an- You' to people who have helped distribution area of Hayden Wick
search work into how couples cope other fifteen months of research to your family. Turn to page 3. and Woodhall Park is 500 homes
when they fall into mortgage ar- be done. This report makes me larger than we thought. Luckily we
rears or find themselves in a nega- sound an arrogant and irresponsi- overprinted and everybody received
tive equity situation. In particular ble outsider commenting on the dif- The Link last month. Our total dis-
she is trying to discover the contri- ficulties couples are having." tribution is now 15,500.

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