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Population Studies Drivers of reproductive delay in the UK

Funding Berrington, A. (2004). Perpetual postponers? Women’s, men’s
and couple’s fertility intentions and subsequent fertility
This study was financially supported by the University behaviour. Population Trends, 117:9-19.
of Oxford’s John Fell Research Fund (grant number Berrington, A. (2017). Childlessness in the UK. In: Kreyenfeld, M.,
0010698). The John Fell Research Fund is funded by & Konietzka, D., (eds.). Childlessness in Europe: Contexts,
Oxford University Press. Causes, and Consequences. Berlin: Springer International

Conflict of interest Publishing, p.57-76.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44667-7_3
The author declares that she has no competing interests.
Berrington, A., & Pattaro, S. (2014). Educational differences in
Author contributions fertility desires, intentions and behaviour: A life course
perspective. Advances in Life Course Research, 21:10-27.
This is a single-authored article.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2013.12.003
Ethics approval and consent to participate Billari, F.C., Liefbroer, A.C., & Philipov, D. (2006). The
postponement of childbearing in Europe: Driving forces and
Ethics approval for this study was granted by the implications. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 4:1-17.
University of Oxford’s Ethics Committee (Ref No.: SAME_
C1A_21_079). Brough, M., & Sheppard, P. (2022). Fertility decision-making in
the UK: Insights from a qualitative study among British men
Consent for publication and women. Social Sciences, 11(9):9.

Not applicable. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11090409
Clark, D. (2022). Average Age of Mothers in England and Wales
Availability of data by Child Number 2020. Statista. Available from: https://
www.statista.com/statistics/294594/mother-average-age-
Data are available from the corresponding author on at-childbirth-england-and-wales-by-child-number [Last
reasonable request. accessed on 2023 Oct 01].

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