The number of mothers in the United States who are willing to wait longer for their first child is currently rising. In a statistics published by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), women are most likely to be mothers thee days at the age of 26 and above.
This is a huge leap from over 40 years ago where the average age for this category was 21. NPR also has a report indicating that the average age for first time mothers fifteen year ago was 24.9. It was only in 2014 that it started going up to 26.3.
The Washington Post reported that since the rate of teen moms has dropped, the result of the average age for first time moms have gone up. This is a good sign in society, because it shows that women these days are becoming more aware about the whole issue of being a mother, especially on how it affects women at an early age.
It is safe to say that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is doing a great job. Bill Albert, one of the people involved on this campaign said that it is, "one of the nation's great unheralded success stories of the past two decades." He added that the teen pregnancy rate have went down in all of America since the 90s, when it started to decline for half of what it used to be its original rate. This number affects women from all races and ethnicity.
Based on the Washington Post's recent article on the matter, Asian and Pacific Islander women hold the highest average age that most of them would consider to be a first time mother at the age of almost 30 years old. The campaign is hoping to raise the average age for this subject even higher on the coming years.
