"Figure 2: More than double the proportion of women born in 1973 are childless compared with their mothers' generation","" "Estimated family size for women born in 1946 and 1973 who are assumed to have completed their childbearing, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Completion of childbearing is assumed to end at age 45 years (the day before a woman's 46th birthday)." "Unit","Percentages" "","" "","1946","1973" "0","9","19" "1","14","18" "2","44","37" "3","21","16" "4 or more","12","10"