Delayed Childbearing: More Women Are Having Their First Child Later in Life

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• Personal Author:
  Mathews, T. J. ; Hamilton, Brady E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, Bureau of the Census., Population Division. ; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Of particular interest to both researchers and the public is the "average" age of women when they have a child, especially their first. Age at first birth influences the total number of births that a woman might have in her life, which impacts the size, composition, and future growth of the population. The age of the mother, both younger and older, plays a strong role in a wide range of birth outcomes (e.g., birthweight, multiple births, and birth defects), so it is critical to track the average age at which women have their first birth.
  
  T.J. Mathews and Brady E. Hamilton.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-[8]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Birth Rate/trends Maternal Age Reproductive Behavior/ethnology
• Pubmed ID:
  19674536
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 7, [1] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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