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The table below presents the number of children ever born to women aged 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was collected since 1981. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. Number of children ever born, Women aged 40–44 years Four or One Two Three more None child children children children year % % % % % 2006 15.9 13.2 38.3 21.5 11.0 1996 12.8 11.3 38.2 24.6 13.1 1986 9.7 8.7 35.6 27.0 18.9 1981 8.5 7.6 29.0 27.4 27.6 Source: ABS Births Australia 2001, 2006 (3301.0)

The table shows the number of children born to women aged 40–44 years in Australia in 1981, 1986, 1996 and 2001. In 1981, women aged 40-44 years were only marginally more likely to have had two children than three children (29% vs 27. 4%) or four or more children (27. 6%). Similarly, by 1986, women of this age were considerably more likely to have given birth to two children than three children (35. 6% vs 27%) or four or more children (18. 9%). In 1996 and 2006, the proportions of women aged 40-44 years who had given birth to two children were almost identical, though the proportions who had given birth to three children or to four or more children had decreased. In these more recent periods, women were more likely to have had two children than three or more children - a trend that was most marked in the most recent period (38. 2% vs 24. 6% in 1996; 38. 3% vs 21. 5% in 2006). While two-child families now predominate, the number of women who had given birth to only one child increased progressively from 7. 6% in 1981 to 13. 2% in 2006. In 1981, similar proportions of women aged in their early forties were childless or had given birth to only one child (8. 5% and 7. 6% respectively). By 2006, 15. 9% of women were childless and 13. 2% had given birth to only one child. Overall, by age 40-44 years, the proportion of women who have had three or more children has fallen considerably since the 1980s, while the proportions who have had no children, or only one or two children has increased.
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born to
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women
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aged
40–44 years in Australia in 1981, 1986, 1996 and 2001.

In 1981,
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women
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aged
40-44 years were
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only
marginally
more likely to have had two
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children
than three
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children
(29% vs 27. 4%) or four or more
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children
(27. 6%).
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, by 1986,
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women
of this age were
considerably
more likely to have
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given
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birth
to two
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children
than three
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children
(35. 6% vs 27%) or four or more
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children
(18. 9%).

In 1996 and 2006, the proportions of
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women
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aged
40-44 years
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who
had
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to two
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were almost identical, though the proportions
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had
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to three
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or to four or more
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had decreased. In these more recent periods,
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women
were more likely to have had two
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children
than three or more
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a trend that was most marked in the most recent period (38. 2% vs 24. 6% in 1996; 38. 3% vs 21. 5% in 2006).

While two-child families
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now
predominate, the number of
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women
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who
had
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to
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one child increased
progressively
from 7. 6% in 1981 to 13. 2% in 2006.

In 1981, similar proportions of
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women
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in their early forties were childless or had
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to
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only
one child (8. 5% and 7. 6%
respectively
). By 2006, 15. 9% of
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women
were childless and 13. 2% had
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to
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only
one child.

Overall
, by age 40-44 years, the
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proportion
of
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women
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who
have had three or more
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children
has fallen
considerably
since the 1980s, while the proportions
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who
have had no
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children
, or
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only
one or two
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children
has increased.
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IELTS academic The table below presents the number of children ever born to women aged 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was collected since 1981.

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