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MARTIN HENNER's avatar

Many women still want to have children, but marry at a later age, and then delay until their career life is more settled. Then they may have a child, but by that time are too old to have a second one. As IVF and other fertility treatments improve, they may start having additional children later in life.

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Persnickety Poore's avatar

Apparently it’s not the case that people who become parents have fewer children. It’s the proportion of people who never become parents that has exploded.

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