Table II.
Social age deadlines for the childbearing of women and men (by age group).
| Women |
Men |
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| Age class | No. observeda | % acknowledging the existence of a limit | % perceiving a deadline ≤40 | Mean | SD | No. observeda | % acknowledging the existence of a limit | % perceiving a deadline ≤45 | Mean | SD |
| 15–24 | 2636 | 93.9 | 55.9 | 41.9 | 5.8 | 2666 | 91.8 | 47.9 | 46.7 | 7.8 |
| 25–34 | 3034 | 96.7 | 54.8 | 42.2 | 5.4 | 3002 | 88.4 | 45.9 | 47.3 | 7.5 |
| 35–44 | 3568 | 96.7 | 50.5 | 42.2 | 5.0 | 3462 | 90.0 | 45.3 | 47.7 | 7.4 |
| 45–54 | 3488 | 97.3 | 58.0 | 41.6 | 4.9 | 3376 | 89.2 | 45.6 | 47.1 | 7.5 |
| 55–64 | 3192 | 96.8 | 63.3 | 41.1 | 4.7 | 3021 | 91.5 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 7.8 |
| 65–74 | 2441 | 96.2 | 60.9 | 41.3 | 5.2 | 2315 | 90.6 | 46.2 | 47.3 | 7.5 |
| 75–84 | 1379 | 98.0 | 60.6 | 41.7 | 4.9 | 1310 | 90.5 | 44.7 | 47.7 | 7.9 |
| >85 | 377 | 97.9 | 64.2 | 41.2 | 5.3 | 367 | 88.7 | 40.3 | 48.1 | 7.8 |
Own computations based on the ESS. Values below 26 and above 80 have been dropped. In order to obtain accurate estimates, the data have been weighted by design weights. See text and ESS website (http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/) for additional information.
aThe number of observations does not include respondents from Latvia and Romania since these countries are excluded from the computation of the estimates.