Fig. 8From: 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 per mother born in 1952 and 1972. Source: see Figs. 5 and 6. The variation in age at first birth (in years) is shown on the x-axis and that of mothers’ completed fertility (number of children per mother) on the y-axis. Variations are between the 1952 and 1972 birth cohortsBack to article page