Women Who Have Had a Child in the Last Year, by Age and Labor Force Status statistics

[As of June. Covers civilian noninstitutional population. Since the number of women who had a birth during the 12-month period was tabulated and not the actual numbers of births, some small underestimation of fertility for this period may exist due to the omission of: (1) Multiple births, (2) Two or more live births spaced within the 12-month period (the woman is counted only once), (3) Women who had births in the period and who did not survive to the survey date, (4) Women who were in institutions and therefore not in the survey universe. These losses may be somewhat offset by the inclusion in the CPS of births to immigrants who did not have their children born in the United States and births to nonresident women. These births would not have been recorded in the vital registration system. Based on Current Population Survey (CPS); see text, section 1 and Appendix III]


	Total, 18 to 44 years old			18 to 29 years old			30 to 44 years old

Year		In the labor force			In the labor force			In the labor force

	Number	Number		Number	Number		Number	Number
	(1,000)	(1,000)	Percent	(1,000)	(1,000)	Percent	(1,000)	(1,000)	Percent

1980	3,247	1,233	38	2,476	947	38	770	287	37
1981	3,381	1,411	42	2,499	1,004	40	881	407	46
1982	3,433	1,508	44	2,445	1,040	43	988	469	48
1983	3,625	1,563	43	2,682	1,138	42	942	425	45
1984	3,311	1,547	47	2,375	1,058	45	936	489	52

1985	3,497	1,691	48	2,512	1,204	48	984	488	50
1986	3,625	1,805	50	2,452	1,185	48	1,174	620	53
1987	3,701	1,881	51	2,521	1,258	50	1,180	623	53
1988	3,667	1,866	51	2,384	1,177	49	1,283	688	54

1990 ¹	3,913	2,068	53	2,568	1,275	50	1,346	793	59
1992 ¹	3,688	1,985	54	2,346	1,182	50	1,342	802	60
1994 ¹	3,890	2,066	53	2,389	1,209	51	1,501	857	57
1995 ¹	3,696	2,034	55	2,252	1,150	51	1,444	884	61
1998 ¹	3,671	2,155	59	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

X Not applicable. 1 Lower age limit is 15 years old.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, P20-470; and unpublished data. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility.html

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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