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ideal.age.for.childbearing (in Attitudes)

Variable Summary Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Casual-sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

How old would you ideally like to be when you have children (or more children)?

students (ideal_age_for_childbearing)
 All RsFemaleMale
4340 17.99% 2802 17.00% 1422 19.06%
? 21 0.09% 11 0.07% 10 0.13%
?? 4 0.02% 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
0 1 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
08 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
1 6 0.02% 5 0.03% 1 0.01%
10 3 0.01% 2 0.01% 1 0.01%
12 5 0.02% 2 0.01% 2 0.03%
14 2 0.01% 0 0.00% 2 0.03%
16 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
18 3 0.01% 1 0.01% 2 0.03%
19 7 0.03% 4 0.02% 3 0.04%
2 114 0.47% 56 0.34% 56 0.75%
2* 1 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
20 15 0.06% 12 0.07% 3 0.04%
21 24 0.10% 21 0.13% 3 0.04%
22 76 0.31% 63 0.38% 13 0.17%
23 163 0.68% 125 0.76% 35 0.47%
24 345 1.43% 275 1.67% 68 0.91%
25 1172 4.86% 913 5.54% 257 3.44%
26 1790 7.42% 1418 8.60% 368 4.93%
27 2507 10.39% 1991 12.08% 506 6.78%
28 3571 14.80% 2704 16.41% 854 11.45%
29 1871 7.75% 1389 8.43% 479 6.42%
3 95 0.39% 64 0.39% 31 0.42%
30 4514 18.71% 2838 17.22% 1656 22.20%
31 487 2.02% 284 1.72% 203 2.72%
32 1103 4.57% 611 3.71% 489 6.55%
33 496 2.06% 264 1.60% 227 3.04%
34 236 0.98% 121 0.73% 115 1.54%
35 775 3.21% 342 2.08% 429 5.75%
36 93 0.39% 47 0.29% 46 0.62%
37 64 0.27% 26 0.16% 38 0.51%
38 47 0.19% 16 0.10% 30 0.40%
39 14 0.06% 6 0.04% 8 0.11%
4 32 0.13% 20 0.12% 12 0.16%
40 63 0.26% 14 0.08% 48 0.64%
41 9 0.04% 4 0.02% 5 0.07%
42 8 0.03% 4 0.02% 4 0.05%
43 5 0.02% 1 0.01% 4 0.05%
44 4 0.02% 3 0.02% 1 0.01%
45 7 0.03% 2 0.01% 5 0.07%
46 2 0.01% 0 0.00% 2 0.03%
47 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
5 11 0.05% 7 0.04% 4 0.05%
50 5 0.02% 0 0.00% 5 0.07%
56 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
58 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
59 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
6 2 0.01% 1 0.01% 1 0.01%
62 1 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
65 2 0.01% 1 0.01% 1 0.01%
7 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
70 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
75 1 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
99 3 0.01% 0 0.00% 3 0.04%
dk 1 0.00% 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
NA 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
no 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
Missing 0
(0.00%)
0
(0.00%)
0
(0.00%)
Total 24131 100% 16479 100% 7461 100%

        ?        ??        0        08        1        10        12        14        16        18        19        2        2*        20        21        22        23        24        25        26        27        28        29        3        30        31        32        33        34        35        36        37        38        39        4        40        41        42        43        44        45        46        47        5        50        56        58        59        6        62        65        7        70        75        99        dk        NA        no
5137, 3215, 2474, 2295, 353
2038, 1430, 1160, 980, 216
        ?        ??        0        08        1        10        12        14        16        18        19        2        2*        20        21        22        23        24        25        26        27        28        29        3        30        31        32        33        34        35        36        37        38        39        4        40        41        42        43        44        45        46        47        5        50        56        58        59        6        62        65        7        70        75        99        dk        NA        no
3537, 2041, 1598, 1477, 215
1496, 895, 729, 615, 130

These graphs reflect only undergraduates attending 4-year colleges who are of normative age -- 18, 19, 20, 21, or 22, +/- 1, for freshman, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and later undergraduates, respectively. Solid lines represent women. Dotted lines represent men.

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