Fig. 6From: European countries with delayed childbearing are not those with lower fertilityChanges in the average maternal age at first birth and in the average number of children among cohorts of women born in 1952 and 1972, various European countries. Source: see Fig. 5. Variation in mean age at first birth (in years) is shown on the x-axis and variation in completed fertility (number of children per woman) on the y-axis. Variations are between the 1952 and 1972 birth cohortsBack to article page