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1 in 5 women are childless at 45
07-Mar-2013A look at childlessness and fertility patterns over the last 70 years
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The link between under 18 conceptions and unemployment in England and Wales
14-Feb-2013Statistical analysis shows that the strength of the link varies across regions
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Video summary: Childbearing of UK and non-UK born women living in the UK
25-Oct-2012A short video summarising the key points of the article.
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Video Summary: The Most Popular Baby Names, 2011
13-Aug-2012A short video which highlights the most popular names given to babies born in England and Wales, for 2011. Stories include the top ten baby boy's and girl's names, highest climbers within the top 100 names, and changing popularity throughout 2011.
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Summary of statistics available about only children
16-Dec-2011The Office for National Statistics does not have the information to determine the number of only children living in the UK, because although there are statistics about children living with any siblings in the same household, it is not possible to determine the number of children with any siblings living elsewhere. However, some insight can still be provided into this subject by examining the number of women who reach the end of their childbearing years having had only one child, and the number of families with only one child living in the household.
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Fertility Summary, 2010
06-Oct-2011Comparison of fertility rates and average age at childbirth in the four UK constituent countries.
Latest Summaries
Latest Publications
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Chapter 1 - Smoking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey)
07-Mar-2013Data on smoking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey including questions on cigarette consumption, type of cigarette smoked, how old respondents were when they started smoking, and dependence on cigarettes.
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales 2011
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility on year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Pre-release access - Characteristics of Mother 2, England and Wales, 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Pre-release access list for Characteristics of Mother 2, England and Wales, 2011
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Pre-release Access List: Further Parental Characteristics, England and Wales, 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Pre-release access list for Further Parental Characteristics, England and Wales, 2011
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Pre-release Access List: Live Births by Socio-economic Status of Father, England and Wales, 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Pre-release Access List for Live births by socio-economic status of father, England and Wales, 2011
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Pre Release Access list for Cohort Fertility 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Gives details of pre-release access for this release.
Latest Data
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Chapter 1 - Smoking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) (Excel sheet 486Kb)
07-Mar-2013Data on smoking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey including questions on cigarette consumption, type of cigarette smoked, how old respondents were when they started smoking, and dependence on cigarettes.
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Chapter 2 - Drinking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) (Excel sheet 192Kb)
07-Mar-2013Data on drinking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in drinking behaviour and detailed data for the 2011 survey year.
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Characteristics of Mother 2, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 308Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by characteristics of the mother. This package contains live birth statistics (numbers and rates) within and outside marriage/civil partnership. It also provides data on first live births by marriage/civil partnership duration, and live births within marriage/civil partnership by age of mother and number of previous live-born children.
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 483Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Live Births by Socio-economic Classification of Father, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 323Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) of father as defined by occupation.
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Live Births in England and Wales by Further Parental Characteristics, 2011 (Excel sheet 159Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on live birth registrations in England and Wales by parental characteristics. This package contains age-specific fertility rates for men, the mean age of father, and paternities within and outside marriage/civil partnership. See Characteristics of Mother 1 and 2 for birth statistics by age of mother, type of registration (within marriage/civil partnership, joint, sole) and number of previous liveborn children.
