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More Italian Women Are Choosing to Have No Children
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The reduced availability of child care services, longer time it takes to get steady jobs in a slow growth economy, and the "safety trap" of becoming used to a freer lifestyle, areincreasing the average age at which Italian women have their first child. It has moved up from about 30 to 31.4 in 2012. As more women pursue higher education and get university degrees the trend is to focus on jobs and lifestyle. As grandparents get older and the lack of enough preschool centers this makes child care harder, in a nation where 68% of children under 10 are still cared for by grandparents. At present only half of Italian mothers work, according to the OECD, compared to 74% in France. This worsens the demographics with currently 150 people over 65 years for the 100 under 14 years, and the figures increasing with fewer young people to support retirees, according to Istat.
Italy's Women- Reduced availability of child care services and the increasing number pursuing higher education pushes the age for first child to 31.4
04/22/2014
The "safety trap" where women are already over 30 by the time they get a higher education and a steady job. Women feeling reluctant to give up hard fought gains in a world where child care is not easy to get and having become accustomed to living afreer lifestyle. The 31.4 in Italy compares with about 25 years for American women for their first child.
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