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The diagram illustrates the
number
 of
children
 born to
women
, who were living in Australia since 1981, aged between 40 and 44 years. Overall, almost 16% of the
women
 have no
children
 at present, whereas about 8.50% of them had no offspring in 1981.
Furthermore
, lesser
women
 nowadays conceive four or more
children
, with only 11% as compared to 27.60% in 1961. In the
first
 half of the
period
, the
number
 of
women
 with no offspring rose to 9.70% in 1986, increasing more than 1%, whereas that with four or more offspring declined sharply in the
period
 in question to 18.90%.
Furthermore
, the
number
 of
women
 rearing 2
children
 has increased by merely 7%. In the
second
 half of the
period
, the
number
 of
women
 with two
children
 experienced no change during the
period
, while that with no
children
 rose marginally in 2006 at approximately 16%.
In addition
 to that, the
number
 of
women
 rearing two or more offspring declined during the
period
, with 33% on average as compared to 58% in 1986.
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