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  • Women are having fewer children than ever.

    11/25/2017 7:50:25 PM PST · by airplaneguy · 79 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | November 24, 2017 | Tim Sculthorpe
    Women are having fewer children than ever before and more are staying childless, new data reveals today. Women who turned 45 in 2016 had an average of 1.80 children, down from 2.21 for their mothers' generation, who turned 45 in 1944. The same generation also had fewer children by their 30th birthday, suggesting women are having children later in life. Women who turned 45 last year had 1.06 children by 30 compared to 1.8 in their mother's generation. In total, 18 per cent of women who turned 45 last year had no children at all, compared with 11 per cent...