Average Age Of First-Time Mothers Continues To Rise

The average age of the first-time American mother continues to rise, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the CDC. In 2014, the age of a woman having her first child was over 26, up about a year and a half from 2000.

NPR Science reporter Rae Ellen Bichell talks with Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson about the data, which is also broken down by demographics and geography across the country.

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• Rae Ellen Bichell, reporter for NPR Science. She tweets @Rae_Ellen_.

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