Subtopic: Fertility

Latest Summaries

1 in 5 women are childless at 45 07-Mar-2013
A look at childlessness and fertility patterns over the last 70 years
Video summary: Childbearing of UK and non-UK born women living in the UK 25-Oct-2012
A short video summarising the key points of the article.
Summary of statistics available about only children 16-Dec-2011
The 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.
Fertility Summary, 2010 06-Oct-2011
Comparison of fertility rates and average age at childbirth in the four UK constituent countries.

Cohort Fertility, England and Wales 2011 07-Mar-2013
Presents 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.
Pre Release Access list for Cohort Fertility 2011 (Pdf 28Kb) 07-Mar-2013
Gives details of pre-release access for this release.
Childbearing among UK born and non-UK born women living in the UK 25-Oct-2012
This report gives an overview of childbearing among UK born and non-UK born women living in the UK during the period 2007 -2011. It investigates changes in births over time and variation between areas of the UK, as well as the differences between the fertility patterns of UK born and non-UK born women.
Cohort fertility - 2010 16-Dec-2011
Presents 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.
Estimating fertility rates using the ONS Longitudinal Study - what difference does the inclusion of non-continually resident members make?, Summer 2011 (Pdf 276Kb) 23-Jun-2011
Article uses the LS to estimate age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) for England and Wales between 1991 and 2001
Population Trends - No. 144, Summer 2011 (Pdf 543Kb) 23-Jun-2011
PDF download of ONS publication Population Trends No. 144, Summer 2011

Cohort Fertility, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 483Kb) 07-Mar-2013
Presents 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.
Cohort fertility, England and Wales, 2010 (Excel sheet 454Kb) 16-Dec-2011
Presents 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.
Cohort fertility, England and Wales, 2009 (Excel sheet 430Kb) 09-Dec-2010
This package contains cohort fertility statistics