"Figure 2: More women are reaching their 30th birthday childless, compared with their mothers’ and grandmothers’ generations ","" "Percentage of women remaining childless at age 45 years and at age 30 years, 1920 to 1989, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year of birth of woman","By 30th birthday","By end of childbearing" "1920","33","21" "1921","30","18" "1922","30","18" "1923","29","17" "1924","28","17" "1925","29","17" "1926","28","16" "1927","28","16" "1928","27","15" "1929","27","15" "1930","25","13" "1931","25","14" "1932","25","14" "1933","23","13" "1934","21","11" "1935","20","12" "1936","20","12" "1937","20","12" "1938","19","11" "1939","19","12" "1940","18","11" "1941","18","11" "1942","18","11" "1943","19","12" "1944","18","11" "1945","18","10" "1946","18","9" "1947","22","12" "1948","21","11" "1949","23","13" "1950","24","14" "1951","26","14" "1952","26","14" "1953","28","15" "1954","30","16" "1955","30","16" "1956","32","17" "1957","33","17" "1958","34","18" "1959","36","19" "1960","37","19" "1961","38","20" "1962","39","20" "1963","40","20" "1964","41","20" "1965","42","20" "1966","42","20" "1967","42","20" "1968","42","18" "1969","43","18" "1970","43","17" "1971","44","18" "1972","46","19" "1973","47","19" "1974","47","18" "1975","48","" "1976","48","" "1977","47","" "1978","47","" "1979","46","" "1980","46","" "1981","45","" "1982","45","" "1983","46","" "1984","47","" "1985","47","" "1986","48","" "1987","47","" "1988","48","" "1989","49",""