Brazilian women delay having children
The data show a rise in the proportion of mothers aged 30 through 39 and the reduction in the number of registered children with younger mothers.
A survey entitled 2015 Statistics of Civil Registry, released today (Nov. 24) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in Rio de Janeiro, confirms the trend that women are becoming mothers increasingly later in life.
The data show a rise in the proportion of mothers aged 30 through 39 (from 22.5% in 2005 to 30.8% in 2015) and the reduction in the number of registered children with younger mothers. Among 15- to 19-year-old mothers, the percentage of births dropped from 20.3% in 2005 to 17% in 2015.
In 2005, 30.9% of births was were observed among mothers aged 20 through 24, compared to 25.1% in 2015.
For women aged 25 through 29, figures held steady, going from 24.3 to 24.5% between 2005 and 2015.
The study comes as a result of the collection of data from notary public offices, registries of vital records and statistics, as well as family and civil courts across the country.
Translated by Fabrício Ferreira
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