More Women Are Mothers January 24, 2018 | Registered: 16 years ago Posts: 3,454 |
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The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers.
The biggest increases have come from some groups who in the past were far less likely to have babies: highly educated women, those over 40, and women who have never been married.
A baby bust. The fertility rate at a record low. Millennials deciding not to have children. There has been a lot of worry about the state of American fertility.
Yet today, 86 percent of women ages 40 to 44 — near the end of their reproductive years — are mothers, up from 80 percent in 2006, reversing decades of declines, according to a new analysis of census data by Pew Research Center on Thursday.
The increase has been especially steep among groups of women who hadn’t been having as many babies: those with advanced degrees, and those who never marry. Today, 55 percent of never-married women ages 40 to 44 have at least one child, up from 31 percent two decades ago, Pew found.
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Women are planning to have children at later ages, when they are more likely to have trouble conceiving.
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yurble
Such sad news. These women are idiots.
Re: More Women Are Mothers January 26, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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freya
The article omits important information by not stating the age of the kids for the mothers who are 40-44 (at least I couldn't find it). Isn't it considered once a mother always one even if the kids have moved out or relocated to the perma-basement? Wouldn't be surprised if many of these women became mothers while in their 20's and 30's. Now, 86 percent of women at 40-44 makes sense as most want the lifescript.
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freya
The article omits important information by not stating the age of the kids for the mothers who are 40-44 (at least I couldn't find it). Isn't it considered once a mother always one even if the kids have moved out or relocated to the perma-basement? Wouldn't be surprised if many of these women became mothers while in their 20's and 30's. Now, 86 percent of women at 40-44 makes sense as most want the lifescript.
I don't know if it is true but it supposedly becomes nearly impossible to naturally sluice once past the age of 45 yet we also hear about all these accidents and exceptions. I'm definitely not banking on anything until at least 2 years past menopause. If you bleed, you can breed!
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A serious news outlet would track some of these age 40-44 mothers and fathers, too. I want to hear from them what their real thoughts are when they reach age 50-55 and have a young teenager, and when they reach age 60-65 and those college tuition bills start coming in.
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freya
The article omits important information by not stating the age of the kids for the mothers who are 40-44 (at least I couldn't find it). Isn't it considered once a mother always one even if the kids have moved out or relocated to the perma-basement? Wouldn't be surprised if many of these women became mothers while in their 20's and 30's. Now, 86 percent of women at 40-44 makes sense as most want the lifescript.
Of course many of those women might have had children earlier, it is simply that, by the age of 44, 86% of women have children. And that means that only 14% don't. I find that depressing because it looked like the percentage of women who reach 44 without having children was growing, from the 70s until today, but now the trend is reversing. Because the world is going to be such a wonderful place for the children born today...
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freya
The article omits important information by not stating the age of the kids for the mothers who are 40-44 (at least I couldn't find it). Isn't it considered once a mother always one even if the kids have moved out or relocated to the perma-basement? Wouldn't be surprised if many of these women became mothers while in their 20's and 30's. Now, 86 percent of women at 40-44 makes sense as most want the lifescript.
Of course many of those women might have had children earlier, it is simply that, by the age of 44, 86% of women have children. And that means that only 14% don't. I find that depressing because it looked like the percentage of women who reach 44 without having children was growing, from the 70s until today, but now the trend is reversing. Because the world is going to be such a wonderful place for the children born today...
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freya
The article omits important information by not stating the age of the kids for the mothers who are 40-44 (at least I couldn't find it). Isn't it considered once a mother always one even if the kids have moved out or relocated to the perma-basement? Wouldn't be surprised if many of these women became mothers while in their 20's and 30's. Now, 86 percent of women at 40-44 makes sense as most want the lifescript.
I don't know if it is true but it supposedly becomes nearly impossible to naturally sluice once past the age of 45 yet we also hear about all these accidents and exceptions. I'm definitely not banking on anything until at least 2 years past menopause. If you bleed, you can breed!
A serious news outlet would track some of these age 40-44 mothers and fathers, too. I want to hear from them what their real thoughts are when they reach age 50-55 and have a young teenager, and when they reach age 60-65 and those college tuition bills start coming in.
Re: More Women Are Mothers January 29, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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The women being discussed are Generation X. Generation Millennial has a very different set of values and tend to shy away from Life Scripts, at least the two in my family do. Also, while the percentage of women being parents is inching upwards, biology means their families will be on the whole smaller than that of their parents and grandparents. Five women with two children is a great deal less population pressure than two women with five brats or more. When women are older, they have fewer eggs to play with with or without tech assistance.
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