In 2018, 96.9 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 19 years old in the United States were childless -- the most out of any age group. In the same year, 15 percent of women between the ages of 40 and 44 years old were childless.
Demographics of women without children
As of 2018, a little less than half of all women in the U.S. were childless. About 63.5 percent of women without children did not have a high school degree, which is in line with the largest percentage of childless women being between the ages of 15 and 19. Additionally, about 47.6 percent of Asian women in the United States did not have any children, more than the national average.
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US Census Bureau. (May 29, 2019). Percentage of childless women in the United States in 2018, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241535/percentage-of-childless-women-in-the-us-by-age/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of childless women in the United States in 2018, by age." Chart. May 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241535/percentage-of-childless-women-in-the-us-by-age/
US Census Bureau. (2019). Percentage of childless women in the United States in 2018, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241535/percentage-of-childless-women-in-the-us-by-age/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of Childless Women in The United States in 2018, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241535/percentage-of-childless-women-in-the-us-by-age/
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