The table below presents the number of children ever born to women aged 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was collected since 1981.

The above table illustrates data from more than two decades, with regard to the birth percentage of

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in the age of early 40s in Australia.

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,

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with zero

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have gradually increased,

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gradually reducing the percentage of having more than 2

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over the years.

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with, in the early 80's, more than 25% of

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in age between 40-42 had an average of more than 2

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. In 1981, the percentage of childless

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ratio was 8.5%,

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in 2006,

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with no

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increased by 15.9%.

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, mothers with at least 1 child (7.6% to 12.3%) or 2

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(29%-38.3%) have rapidly grown by the year 2006.

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,

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with 4 or more

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have gradually declined over the time period (27.6% to 11%).

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, from 1981 to 2006, the number of 3

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ever born to 40-42 years

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slightly reduced from 27.4% to 21.5% by the end of 2006.