More Bad News for Women

Readers of a certain age may recall that infamous (and later discredited) fake statistic that women over 40 were more likely to be struck by lightning than get married. Leave it to the U.S. Census to dredge up new and depressing demographic information. Per the NYT:

"Twenty percent of women ages 40 to 44 have no children, double the level of 30 years ago, the report said; and women in that age bracket who do have children have fewer than ever — an average of 1.9 children, compared with the median of 3.1 children in 1976."

Says one sociologist in the story, “Clearly women have competing alternatives for the use of their time, with the labor market and employment being one and delayed marriage, which has been another trend." Oh, and women are also spending more time reading worrisome statistics on marriage and parenting. Because that's what the Internet is for.

We'll see what Dategirl has to say on the subject.