Release

Births by parents' characteristics in England and Wales: 2017

Released: 10 January 2019 9:30am
Next release: October to November 2019

Summary

Live births by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).

The associated publication that uses the 2017 data has been combined with the publication for the Birth characteristics in England and Wales 2017 release.

Data

  • Births by parents’ characteristics

    Annual live births in England and Wales by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).

Contact details

Name

Kanak Ghosh

Email

vsob@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1329 444110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest