According to a new study, way fewer women are having kids these days. The percentage of American women in their 40s who have never popped one out is up to 18 percent. That stat is double what it was in the ‘70s. Whoa, that’s a lot of non-breeders. So what’s going on?
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Researchers say that this jump is caused by an easing of social pressure for women to be mothers and an increase in the quality and availability of education for women in the last 40 years. But interestingly, even though woman who are more educated are less likely to have children, the study showed that women with a master’s degree or higher are more likely to have children then they were 20 years ago.
Are we thinking that this means that the work/motherhood balance is getting easier? [Newser]
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Original by Ami Angelowicz
