New figures released on Wednesday show that the years-long trend of women in Germany ending up childless has come to an end, with even university-educated women bringing more babies into the world. For decades, the rate of childless women in Germany has continued to grow, nearly doubling from 11 percent of women born in 1937, to 21 percent of women born in 1967. Whether this development will continue for women born in the 1980s and 1990s is yet to be seen. Among university-educated women between the ages of 40 to 44 surveyed, 25 percent had no children - 3 percentage points lower than the 28 percent recorded in 2012. The report also found that university-educated women are more quickly jumping back into their careers than they were eight years ago.

Source: The Local July 26, 2017 15:22 UTC