Abstract
In 2016, there were 2.1 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than anticipated. The 19.5 million women age 20–39 in 2016 who had never given birth was 12 percent more than demographers would have expected given child-bearing patterns just before the Great Recession. In 2016, there were 7 percent more women 20–39 than ten years earlier, but 22 percent more who had never had a child.
Publication Date
Winter 12-12-2017
Series
Data Snapshot No. 7
Publisher
Durham, N.H. : Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Kenneth, "Data Snapshot: 2.1 Million More Childless U.S. Women Than Anticipated" (2017). The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. 327.
https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/327
Rights
Copyright 2017. Carsey School of Public Policy. These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact the copyright holder
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/p/2020.316