Fertility rates plunge to decade low as researchers find biggest dip in female graduates

Fertility rates plunge to decade low as researchers find biggest dip in female graduates Female graduates have delayed having babies later than less-educated women, University of Oxford research has found.

Women of all backgrounds had fewer children over the past decade and did so later in life than in previous years.

But a study published today in the journal Population Studies found the decline was particularly sharp among mothers with well-educated parents and who themselves went to university. The Daily Mail

See also:

• The recent decline in period fertility in England and Wales: Differences associated with family background and intergenerational educational mobility (open access) Population Studies