Overall General Fertility Rate Has Decreased In 2016, But Increased In Women 30 And Older,

reports on “a new analysis of census data by Pew Research Center” finding that even though “the overall general fertility rate decreased in 2016, it increased for women 30 and older,” researchers found. For example, “86 percent of women ages 40 to 44...are mothers, up from 80 percent in 2006, reversing decades of declines.” Other groups showing increases are women “with advanced degrees and those who never marry,” the analysis revealed. Overall, “the median age at which women first give birth has risen to 26, and women are significantly less likely than they were two decades ago to give birth as teenagers or in their early 20s,” the study found. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/upshot/the-us-fertility-rate-is-down-yet-more-women-are-mothers.html