TABLES
Table 1. Distribution of Mothers of Millennium Cohort by Age at the Birth of their
First Child*
|
Age at Motherhood ( years) |
Total | ||||||
|
Up to 18 |
19 to 21 |
22 to 24 |
25 to 27 |
28 to 30 |
31 plus | ||
|
As percentage of all mothers having first births | |||||||
|
Weighted row percents |
9.3 |
13.9 |
11.1 |
15.1 |
21.0 |
29.5 |
100.0 |
|
Unweighted sample size |
860 |
1296 |
982 |
^∏31 |
1435 |
1925 |
7629 |
|
As percentage of all survey mothers | |||||||
|
Weighted row percents |
11.4 |
17.1 |
14.3 |
17.3 |
18.7 |
21.3 |
100.0 |
|
Unweighted sample size |
2544 |
3712 |
2944 |
3026 |
3038 |
3253 |
18517 |
The sample is natural mothers; * the first child is the first live born child who ever lived with the mother where
age at first birth known. percentages in this and following tables are weighted by uk weights.
Table 2. Some features of family structure by age at motherhood
|
Family Structure |
Age at motherhood |
Total (%) | |||||
|
Up to 18 |
19 to 21 |
22 to 24 |
25 to 27 |
28 to 30 |
31 plus | ||
|
All mothers__________________ | |||||||
|
Natural mother only_______________ |
39.0 |
25.5 |
13.6 |
6.9 |
4.8 |
4.3 |
13.8 |
|
Presence of half/step siblings in |
22.2 |
17.8 |
13.7 |
7.0 |
3.9 |
2.8 |
10.1 |
|
Married, first or later________________ |
23.8 |
39.4 |
57.0 |
73.0 |
79.6 |
78.5 |
61.7 |
|
Cohabiting_______________________ |
37.2 |
35.1 |
29.4 |
20.1 |
15.6 |
17.2 |
24.3 |
|
Grandparents of cohort child live |
14.3 |
11.2 |
7.2 |
4.2 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
6.1 |
|
Maximum unweighted sample size |
2544 |
3712 |
2944 |
3026 |
3038 |
3253 |
18517 |
|
Lone mothers relationship patterns where cohort child is first live born_______________________________ | |||||||
|
Divorced or separated from baby’s |
28.1 |
35.6 |
41.7 |
46.2 |
50.9 |
43.2 |
37.0 |
|
Never lived with baby’s father |
71.9 |
64.4 |
58.3 |
53.8 |
49.1 |
56.8 |
63.0 |
|
Maximum unweighted sample size |
493 |
513 |
228 |
116 |
100 |
127 |
1577 |
|
Lone mothers relationship patterns for all birth orders_______________________________________________ | |||||||
|
Divorced or separated from cohort |
38.7 |
42.4 |
48.3 |
51.4 |
54.5 |
47.5 |
43.9 |
|
Never lived with cohort baby’s |
61.3 |
57.6 |
51.7 |
48.6 |
45.5 |
52.5 |
56.1 |
|
Maximum unweighted sample size |
1064 |
1025 |
477 |
256 |
174 |
179 |
3175 |
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