‘It’s clear that young adult transitions are being postponed,’ expert says
More children are born to women older than 35 than to teenagers, a change born of medical science, later marriages and evolving attitudes about motherhood, according to a new study released Thursday.
The Pew Research Center, citing census and government health statistics, said the trend toward mothers who are older and better educated cuts across all ethnicities in the United States.
Between 1990 and 2008, the number of births to mothers older than 35 leapt from 368,000 to 603,000. One in seven babies — or 14 percent of a total of about 4 million births — were born to older mothers in 2008. Almost one in four were first-time mothers. The vast majority, 71 percent, had at least some college education before giving birth.
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Gee wonder if that links with the studies that show America is one of the few countries and the only non third world country that has experienced an increase in infant mortality and birthing defects?
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