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% of children born outside of marriage

47%

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Average childbearing age

30.7 (up by 4 years)

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Proportion of women who remain childless

1 in 4

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1964 TFR

2.93

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2020 TFR

1.58

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2024 TFR

1.48

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6 reasons for decrease/delay in childbearing

  • Less stigma in births outside of marriage

  • Increase in cohabitation

  • Women have more options than just motherhood and often wish to establish a career first

  • Quality of childhood now comes over quantity of children

  • Beck-Gernsheim - decrease in stigma around being chilldess

  • Increasing costs of having children


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% of 25-34-year-olds believe marriage should come before parenthood

28%