childbearing
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Beginning childbearing at 35 instead of at 27 leaves fewer years to decide to have additional children if one desires—this drives birth rate declines, too.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
The total fertility rate is the average number of children each woman would have in her lifetime if birthrates for each age group were to continue at that year’s pace through her childbearing years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
They vowed at a key economic policy meeting in December to "advocate positive views on marriage and childbearing, and strive to stabilise the number of new births" in 2026, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
At the same Tipping Point, the rates of childbearing for teenaged girls — which barely move at all up to that point — nearly double.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
