Fathers' participation in parenting key to larger families: survey

Couples are likelier to have more than one child when fathers are actively involved in child-rearing and housework, a Japanese government survey has found.While only 50 percent of couples in which fathers did not actively participate in child-rearing and housework had two or more children, the percentage rose to 72.5 among those in which fathers helped for up to two hours each day off, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare survey.The figure rose to 75 percent when fathers participated for two to four hours and 81.2 percent for four to six hours.Ministry officials said the p…READ FULL ARTICLE