May 9, 2019
Stat: 86. The percentage of women ages 40-44
who are mothers, compared with 80 percent in 2006, according to a
Pew Research Center analysis.
Story: American women are waiting longer to have
children—but are more likely to have kids than they were a decade
ago. Also, 1 in 4 parents living with a child is not married. In
this episode, a Pew researcher explains the data behind this change
in the American family, and we meet two moms who share why they
waited.