Table 1.
Percentage of the cohort having a first in given age ranges, and percentage of the cohort still childless at given ages, by cohort and education
| A. Universalist Countries | 1960s cohort | 1950s cohort | 1960 – 1950 Change | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent of 1st births | per cent of cohort childless | per cent of 1st births | per cent of cohort childless | per cent of cohort childless | in per cent of cohort having 1st birth in age interval | Change in per cent childless | ||||||||
| age < 21 | 21–25 | 26–33 | at 33 | age < 21 | 21–25 | 26–33 | at 33 | 34–43 | at 43 | age < 21 | 21–25 | 26–33 | at age 33 | |
| France, 1955–59 & 1963–67 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 24.7 | 38.1 | 21.3 | 15.8 | 29.1 | 41.3 | 18.1 | 11.5 | 2.6 | 8.9 | −4.4 | −3.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| medium | 9.2 | 37.3 | 35.9 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 43.7 | 27.9 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 10.2 | −4.5 | −6.4 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| high | 1.0 | 17.1 | 52.0 | 30.0 | 2.9 | 26.1 | 46.2 | 24.8 | 11.5 | 13.3 | −1.9 | −9.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| all | 10.5 | 31.9 | 37.0 | 20.6 | 16.6 | 39.1 | 28.5 | 15.8 | 5.4 | 10.4 | −6.1 | −7.2 | 8.5 | 4.8 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 12.7 | 33.2 | 34.4 | 19.7 | ||||||||||
| Norway, 1951–55 & 1961–65 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 36.6 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 46.4 | 33.2 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 8.2 | −9.8 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 2.6 |
| medium | 15.4 | 38.2 | 30.8 | 15.6 | 26.3 | 41.4 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 9.0 | −10.9 | −3.2 | 10.9 | 3.2 |
| high | 4.2 | 20.5 | 49.6 | 25.6 | 8.4 | 31.7 | 39.8 | 20.1 | 8.0 | 12.1 | −4.2 | −11.2 | 9.9 | 5.6 |
| all | 13.5 | 32.2 | 35.8 | 18.5 | 24.7 | 37.4 | 23.8 | 14.1 | 4.4 | 9.7 | −11.2 | −5.1 | 11.9 | 4.4 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 15.8 | 32.6 | 33.7 | 17.8 | ||||||||||
| Norway, 1955–59 & 1965–69 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 32.1 | 37.7 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 44.2 | 32.0 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 2.2 | 8.9 | −12.1 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
| medium | 13.9 | 39.1 | 30.7 | 16.3 | 22.1 | 38.4 | 24.9 | 14.6 | 4.5 | 10.1 | −8.2 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 1.6 |
| high | 3.2 | 18.8 | 51.1 | 26.9 | 7.1 | 25.5 | 44.8 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 13.0 | −3.9 | −6.7 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
| all | 11.3 | 31.8 | 37.1 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 33.8 | 29.1 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 10.8 | −9.3 | −2.0 | 8.0 | 3.3 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 13.1 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 19.0 | ||||||||||
| B. Anglo-American Countries | ||||||||||||||
| U.K. (England and Wales), 1954–58 & 1964–68 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 34.0 | 33.2 | 15.1 | 17.7 | 34.9 | 31.8 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 2.9 | 12.7 | −0.8 | 1.4 | −2.6 | 2.1 |
| medium | 12.7 | 26.6 | 34.2 | 26.6 | 15.5 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 22.6 | 6.5 | 16.0 | −2.8 | −4.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| high | 3.5 | 11.7 | 39.3 | 45.5 | 5.6 | 19.5 | 42.2 | 32.7 | 11.8 | 21.0 | −2.1 | −7.8 | −2.9 | 12.8 |
| all | 13.6 | 24.5 | 32.7 | 29.2 | 18.6 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 22.8 | 6.6 | 16.2 | −5.0 | −4.2 | 2.8 | 6.4 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 16.5 | 25.2 | 30.2 | 28.1 | ||||||||||
| U.S.A 70 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 52.8 | 22.3 | 10.8 | 14.1 | 54.3 | 22.0 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 4.0 | 9.1 | −1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| medium | 26.3 | 27.2 | 20.9 | 25.6 | 32.2 | 26.5 | 17.6 | 23.7 | 9.4 | 14.3 | −5.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| high | 8.0 | 12.8 | 27.0 | 52.2 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 25.3 | 44.6 | 23.5 | 21.2 | −4.2 | −5.1 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| all | 22.9 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 33.7 | 27.7 | 23.0 | 19.5 | 29.8 | 13.7 | 16.1 | −4.8 | −1.5 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 22.8 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 33.6 | ||||||||||
| C. Southern European Countries | ||||||||||||||
| Greece, 1955–59 & 1965–69 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 39.9 | 29.2 | 13.9 | 17.0 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 2.5 | 9.7 | 0.9 | −7.2 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| medium | 13.1 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 25.5 | 15.4 | 41.5 | 24.8 | 18.3 | 5.7 | 12.6 | −2.3 | −10.7 | 5.8 | 7.2 |
| high | 2.8 | 14.0 | 43.0 | 40.3 | 4.2 | 25.2 | 40.3 | 30.3 | 11.7 | 18.5 | −1.4 | −11.2 | 2.7 | 10.0 |
| all | 17.9 | 24.8 | 27.2 | 30.1 | 24.7 | 35.7 | 21.8 | 17.7 | 5.4 | 12.4 | −6.8 | −11.0 | 5.4 | 12.3 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 24.2 | 26.6 | 24.9 | 24.3 | ||||||||||
| Italy, 1951–55 & 1961–65 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 23.5 | 28.2 | 21.9 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 39.2 | 20.2 | 14.7 | 6.4 | 8.3 | −2.4 | −11.1 | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| medium | 5.0 | 18.4 | 31.7 | 44.9 | 8.2 | 28.2 | 32.2 | 31.4 | 17.6 | 13.8 | −3.3 | −9.8 | −0.5 | 13.6 |
| high | 0.8 | 3.3 | 20.6 | 75.4 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 27.3 | 55.9 | 34.4 | 21.5 | −4.0 | −8.7 | −6.7 | 19.4 |
| all | 12.5 | 20.9 | 26.2 | 40.4 | 18.1 | 32.8 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 13.0 | 11.4 | −5.6 | −11.9 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 15.3 | 22.4 | 24.8 | 37.6 | ||||||||||
| Spain, 1951–55 & 1961–65 | ||||||||||||||
| low | 16.9 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 26.0 | 13.5 | 39.3 | 28.6 | 18.5 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 3.4 | −12.9 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| medium | 7.1 | 15.0 | 30.6 | 47.3 | 9.1 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 33.0 | 17.2 | 15.7 | −1.9 | −14.3 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
| high | 1.6 | 5.3 | 25.1 | 68.0 | 5.7 | 24.1 | 35.5 | 34.7 | 21.3 | 13.4 | −4.1 | −18.8 | −10.4 | 33.3 |
| all | 11.9 | 19.9 | 29.4 | 38.8 | 11.9 | 36.1 | 29.6 | 22.4 | 12.9 | 9.5 | 0.0 | −16.2 | −0.2 | 16.4 |
| all (1950s cohort education distribution) | 13.7 | 22.2 | 29.9 | 34.2 | ||||||||||
Data Sources: French Demographic Panel (EDP); Norwegian population and education registers; ONS Longitudinal Study (England and Wales);
1995, 2002 U.S. National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 U.S. Current Population Survey; 2001 Greek Census
1995 Italian Fertilty and Family Survey, 1998 Multipurpose Survey;
1995 Spanish Fertilty and Family Survey, 1999 Fertility Survey.
Note: Age is that attained in the current calendar year. This is, on average, half a year younger than age in completed years.