A majority of women have remained childless in Britain past their thirtieth birthday for the first time in recorded history, according to the countryâs official statistician.
A report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Thursday found that 50.1 per cent of women born in 1990 â the latest age bracket to reach 30 years old â have not had a child, a record high.
The ONS also found that the average number of children birthed by women by the 30th birthday also fell to a record low, with an average of just 0.96 children per woman recorded. In contrast, women who were born in 1941 averaged 1.89 children by the time they reached thirty years of age…