Oh, Baby!

August 19th, 2008

Women are waiting longer to have children, and more women than ever are choosing not to have children at all, according to a new Census Bureau report. Twenty percent of women ages 40 to 44 have no children, double the level of 30 years ago the report says. Hispanic women are the only group bucking the trends found in the study. One in five new mothers in 2006 were foreign born with California having the highest number. With other factors competing for women’s time (e.g., employment, later marriage), it will be interesting to see if the trend levels off or continues. (more…)

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