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yes thank you, i mixed up some things. the average age of giving birth is now 30 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna27827 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rc
by runsWphotons 4y ago
yes thank you, i mixed up some things. the average age of giving birth is now 30 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna27827 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna27827) which is (i think) the number being measured in the paper as 23 historically. So the increase is large. Also I am somewhat confused because other sources like the NYT from 2018 say the first birth number is 26...i wonder if the statistics you provided are skewed by younger motherhood for the older part of the 15-44 cohort? Here you can see in many cities the avg age of first birth IS 30+. The big divide is geographical and by college degree. These are 2018 numbers so it wouldve probably gone up a bit more since then (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-bir...)
- runsWphotons 4y agoit would also be interesting to see recent statistics on foreign born mothers vs us born mothers...here is another source supporting that first motherhood is now 26+, not 23 as in cdc numbers:https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/06/28/u-s-women-are-postponing-motherhood-but-not-as-much-as-those-in-most-other-developed-nations/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/06/28/u-s-women-a...
- runsWphotons 4y agoone last source for 26+ for first birth already in 2014: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db232.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db232.htm the original cdc numbers cited are perhaps not best way to look at the matter, because they include women who were giving birth in 80s and 90s.