The given table chart illustrates how many the proportion of children ever born to 40-44 years old women in Australia from 1981, 1986, 1996 and 2006.
Overall, the number of aged 40-44 years had two children took up the highest proportion during this time frame and the familied had either one child or none recorded a gradual increase from 1981 to 2006, while this number significantly decreased for the women same age who had two or more children.
In 1981, the proportion of women in 40-44 years old who had no children was 8. 5% and in 1986 this percentage increased slightly and in the neighbourhood of one in ten. The women of the same age group with one child were 7. 6% in 1981 and reached to 8. 7% 5 years later. The percentages of women who witnessed a fall in the same age category with two, four and more children were much higher approximately a quarter.
With a 10 years interval, the percentage reached to over 15% for childless women while it reached to 13% for women with 1 child. The percentage of women with 2 children had very little change while the percentage for three of four children decreased over time.
The
given
table chart illustrates how
many
the proportion of
children
ever born to 40-44 years
old
women
in Australia from 1981, 1986, 1996 and 2006.
Overall
, the number of aged 40-44 years had two
children
took up the highest proportion during this time frame and the
familied
had either one child or none recorded a gradual increase from 1981 to 2006, while this number
significantly
decreased for the
women
same age who had two or more children.
In 1981, the proportion of
women
in 40-44 years
old
who had no
children
was 8. 5% and in 1986 this
percentage
increased
slightly
and in the
neighbourhood
of one in ten. The
women
of the same age group with one child were 7. 6% in 1981 and reached to 8. 7% 5 years later. The
percentages
of
women
who witnessed a fall in the same age category with two, four and more
children
were much higher approximately a quarter.
With a 10 years interval, the
percentage
reached to over 15% for childless
women
while it reached to 13% for
women
with 1 child. The
percentage
of
women
with 2
children
had
very
little
change
while the
percentage
for three of four
children
decreased over time.