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FIGURE H1. Percent Childless, Women Aged 30-44: Selected Years, 1976-2024

FIGURE H1. Percent Childless, Women Aged 30-44: Selected Years, 1976-2024 [<1.0 MB]
FIGURE H2. Children Ever Born per 1,000 Women Aged 40-44, by Marital Status: Selected Years, 1976-2024 [<1.0 MB]
FIGURE H3. Births in the Last 12 Months per 1,000 Women, by Age: Selected Years, 2006-2023 [<1.0 MB]
FIGURE H4. Number of Never-Married Mothers Aged 15-44: Selected Years, 1990-2024 [<1.0 MB]
FIGURE H5. Percent of Women Aged 16-50 with a Birth in the Last 12 Months Who Are in the Labor Force, by Educational Attainment: Selected Years, 2006-2023 [<1.0 MB]

Historical Table 1

Table 1. Percent Childless and Births per 1,000 women in the Last 12 Months: CPS, Selected Years, 1976-2024 [<1.0 MB]
Table 1a. Native Born [<1.0 MB]

by Nativity: CPS, Selected Years, 1976-2010
Table 1b. Foreign Born [<1.0 MB]

by Nativity: CPS, Selected Years, 1976-2010

Historical Table 2

Table 2. Percent Distribution of Women Age 40-50 by Number of Children Ever Born and Marital Status: Selected Years, 1970-2024 [<1.0 MB]

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Table 3. Births in the past year, by Age: 2006 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]

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Table 4. Percent of Never-Married Women who are Mothers: Selected Years, 1990 to 2024 [<1.0 MB]
Table 4a. Age [<1.0 MB]
Table 4b. Race [<1.0 MB]
Table 4c. Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
Table 4d. Education [<1.0 MB]
Table 4e. Labor Force Participation [<1.0 MB]
Table 4f. Occupation [<1.0 MB]
Table 4g. Region [<1.0 MB]

Historical Table 5

Table 5. Births in the past year and Labor Force Participation for Women Aged 16-50, by Education: 2006 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]

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