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Italian housewives ‘the unhappiest in Europe’

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Summary of story from The Telegraph, August 18, 2011

According to a new survey, Italian housewives top the list when it comes to Europe’s unhappiest women.

The survey by think tank Women and Quality of Life, polled 4000 women across five countries and found that 76 per cent of Italian housewives were dissatisfied with their lives.

Their worries included the economic crisis, re-entering work after having children and the loss of child care centres.

In addition over half of the women said they regretted getting married and two-thirds regretted having children.

This may be in part due to women having to take most of the responsibility in the home, as research found 70 per cent of Italian men have never used an oven and 95 per cent have never emptied a washing machine.

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