childlessness

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Childlessness is almost as radical today as it’s always been, a fact that belies the numbers: in 2018, 15% of women between 45 and 50 were childless.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020

Childlessness has increased across most demographic groups but is still highest among professionals. 

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2011

They may only charge "reasonable expenses" ranging from £12,000 to £15,000, according to the voluntary organisation Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2010

Childlessness is a private sorrow; the miracle baby is an inevitable headline.

From Time Magazine Archive

Childlessness, however, was not confined to the wealthy, since the poorer classes, crowded in the huge lodging houses of the cities, had no real family life.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton