This statistic shows the proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by cohort. For women born in 1920, 21 per cent remained childless by their 46th birthday. This fell to one in ten for women born in 1945. The cohort of women who have most recently come to the end of their official childbearing period were born in 1971. In this cohort, 18 percent remained childless which marked an increase of women with children in comparison to the previous cohort.
Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth
(cohorts)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 24, 2017). Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth (cohorts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth (cohorts)." Chart. November 24, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2017). Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth (cohorts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Proportion of Women Remaining Childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by Year of Birth (Cohorts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth (cohorts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Proportion of women remaining childless in England and Wales as of 2016, by year of birth (cohorts) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 24, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/294633/proportion-of-women-remaining-childless-in-england-and-wales-childlessness/
