Fertility Indicators for Women in Their Early 30s
Project #1675 on iSENSEProject.org
Fertility Indicators for Women in Their Early 30s (30-34 years of age)
This data shows the time stamp in days, months and years of women in their early 30s who had a birth. Specifically woman who are between the ages of 30-34. The birth's totals are per thousand women, The years in detail are 1976-2010. The dates correlate to women who had births in the last twelve months which ended on the 30 of the month of June for that year.
Guidling Questions for students- look at the saved visualization to answer the questions.
Looking at the saved visualization, which year had the highest percentage of births?
Which year had the lowest percentage of births? Hint look at the timeline saved visualization
Why do you think some of the more recent dates have a higher percentage of births than the earlier dates?
Why do you think the rate of births has leveled off in the more recent dates?
Do you see any baby boom year or years, if so which date or dates?
Resources
Historical Table 9, Fertility Indicators for Women in Their Thirties: CPS Selected Years, 1976-2010
http://www.census.gov/hhes/fertility/data/cps/historical.html
| Name | Units | Type of Data |
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Number of women
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thousands
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Number
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Number of Births per 1,000 women
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percentage
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Number
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Date
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Timestamp
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| Number of women | Number of Births per 1,000 women | Date |