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The latest edition in the ongoing Australian Longitudinal Study of Womens Health, released today, focuses on womens reproductive health.
The 2009 report reveals that 91 per cent of the younger women wanted to have children. While the most common desire was for two children, the number of women aiming for just one child increased over time, as they grew older.
There has been a shift, from families of four or more children for women born between 1921 and 1926, to many of today's 30-somethings who are yet to start a family and only want one child.
" the popularity of the single-child family increased across surveys as the women became older, while the popularity of larger families of two or more children started to decline," the authors wrote. "Decisions to have fewer children could reflect the ages at which women are having their first children."
"This poses challenges right across the spectrum of policies for the national government, particularly in the area of health care provision," Health Minister Nicola Roxon told The Sunday Mail.
"The Government is seeking to tackle these challenges head-on through targeted investments to provide more choice for potential mothers."
Marriage remains on the agenda for most of the younger women, and this has remained consistent since the first survey in 1996 when they were aged 18 to 23. Women who hoped for marriage were more likely to want two or more children compared to other women.
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