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June 28, 2010 8:00 a.m. EST
Topics: education, upbringing, social issue, family planning, United States
 
David Goodhue - AHN News Reporter
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - Almost one in five American women never have children, a trend that has increased sharply since the 1970s, according to recent study.
 
 A Pew Research Center report found that the proportion of childless women between the ages of 40 and 44 was 18 percent in 2008. This is up 80 percent from 1976 when it was 10 percent. In 2008, there were 1.9 million childless American women, compared with almost 580,000 in 1976.
 
 The most educated women are among those most likely never to have kids, but that trend is declining. In 2008, 24 percent of women ages 40 to 44 with a master’s, doctoral or professional degree did not have children. That is down 6 percent since 1994.
 
 The racial gap for childless women is narrowing, but white women are still the most likely ethnic group never to have children.
 
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