New figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that Gen Z women are delaying or opting out of having children at significantly higher rates than previous generations.
The average Gen Z woman – born between 1997 and 2012, so currently aged between 14 and 29 – won’t have her first child until she’s 35 and is much less likely than Gen Z men to want a family in the first place.
There are many social and economic factors for this, but before everyone starts weeping into their matcha lattes about not having a lovely wee bay-bee to cuddle, can I just
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