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Friday, January 15th, 2016

Age of new moms in the U.S. hits all-time high

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Source:     CBS News/Associated Press
Publication Date:     January 14, 2016, 4:19 PM
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Stephan:   There are major changes going on concerning families in the U.S.. As we increasingly become a post middle class country, individual men and women, with lower incomes, less job security, many still living at home, are marrying later, fewer are marrying at all, and having children later in life. This is going to have a significant effect on their children. If your mother is in her late thirties when you are born, she will be almost 60 by the time you graduate from highschool. and on her way to 70 when you get out of college. Here is some relevant information on this trend.
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Credit: mom.girlstalkinsmack.com

NEW YORK — The average age of first-time mothers is at an all-time high in the U.S. – over 26.

The change is largely due to a big drop in teen moms. But more first births to older women also are tugging the number up, said T.J. Mathews of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He’s the lead author of a report released Thursday that put the average age at 26 years, 4 months for women who had their first child in 2014.

The government began tracking the age of new mothers around 1970 when the average was 21. It’s been mostly climbing ever since, and spiked in about the last five years.

The number rocketed immediately after a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, which is used mostly by young unmarried women. Also fueling the rise were improvements in birth control and greater opportunities for women, experts said.

“Women are staying in school longer, they’re going into the workforce, they’re waiting to get married, and they’re waiting to […]

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