article_snippet: One explanation for the increased earnings and longer work hours of lesbians might be that this group are less likely to have children than heterosexual women,' the University of Melbourne's Mark Wooden said.
article_snippet: The HILDA Survey recorded that only 22 per cent of lesbian women between the ages of 30 and 49 had children three years ago, compared to almost 60 per cent of straight women.
highlights_snippet: This is believed to be because Lesbians were less likely to have children .
  