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Age at first birth and lifetime fertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

T. R. Balakrishnan ,
K. Vaninadha Rao ,
Karol J. Krotki  and
Evelyne Lapierre-Adamcyk
T. R. Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Canada
K. Vaninadha Rao
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Karol J. Krotki
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Canada
Evelyne Lapierre-Adamcyk
Affiliation:
University of Montreal, Canada
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Summary

Among a national sample of Canadian women in the Canadian National Fertility Survey of 1984, the excess cumulative fertility of those who started their families early over others has steadily decreased. A difference of approximately two births between early and late starters among older women is reduced to approximately half a child among the younger women. Except for those who start childbearing after age 25, there is little evidence of attempts to catch up after age 30, irrespective of starting age.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 167 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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