Table 3.  Percent Childless and Births per 1,000 Women in the Last Year:
                Selected Years, 1976 to 1994

     (Years ending in June.  Numbers in thousands)

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     Age of women            1994       1990       1985     1980     1976
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     Percent childless

     18 to 44 years 1/...    42.0       41.6       38.1     36.7     35.1
     18 to 24 years 2/...    77.9       77.7       71.4     70.0     69.0
     25 to 29 years......    43.6       42.1       41.5     36.8     30.8
     30 to 34 years......    26.3       25.7       26.2     19.8     15.6
     35 to 39 years......    19.6       17.7       16.7     12.1     10.5
     40 to 44 years......    17.5       16.0       11.4     10.1     10.2

     CPS birth rate
      (per 1,000)

     18 to 44 years 1/...    64.7       67.0       68.6     71.1     67.2
     18 to 24 years 2/...    73.7       78.0       95.4     96.6     93.2
     25 to 29 years......   107.7      112.1      109.2    114.8    104.8
     30 to 34 years......    90.4       80.4       69.9     60.0     56.4
     35 to 39 years......    36.0       37.3       25.9     26.9     22.6
     40 to 44 years......     9.6        8.6        7.1      9.9      6.5

     CPS number of women

     18 to 44 years 1/...  60,088     58,381     50,951   45,652   41,618
     18 to 24 years 2/...  18,108     17,637     14,042   14,456   13,845
     25 to 29 years......   9,785     10,637     10,746    9,419    8,864
     30 to 34 years......  11,131     11,091     10,078    8,651    7,160
     35 to 39 years......  11,093     10,111      8,859    7,144    6,064
     40 to 44 years......   9,972      8,905      7,226    5,983    5,685
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     1/  15 to 44 years for 1990 and 1994 only.
     2/  15 to 24 years for 1990 and 1994 only.

     Source:  Current Population Survey, June 1976 to June 1994.