Higher Percentage of Childless Women in Berlin Born between 1973 and 1977

An above-average number of women live in the region without biological children. This is the result of figures from the Federal Statistical Office that were published on Wednesday. In Berlin it is 25 percent of women born between 1973 and 1977, in Brandenburg 17 percent, which is more than the national average.

According to the information, every fifth woman between the ages of 45 and 49 in Germany had no biological children in the past year. The so-called childless rate at the end of childbearing age has remained almost unchanged at 20 percent over the past ten years, it said. 15 years ago the rate was a little lower at 17 percent.

Looking at the data from 2022, there are clear regional differences: the rate in western Germany (20 percent) was significantly higher than in eastern Germany (excluding Berlin), where it was 14 percent.

Looking at the individual federal states, women born between 1973 and 1977 in the city states of Hamburg (29 percent) and Berlin (25 percent) were much more child-free than in Thuringia, for example, where the rate was 13 percent. In the east, Brandenburg was an exception with a comparatively high rate of 17 percent.

In addition, the data varied depending on the level of education: for women between 45 and 49 years of age with a high level of education, the childless rate was 23 percent across Germany. In contrast, the figure was 21 percent for medium-level education and only 11 percent for people with a low level of education.

And: women who were born in Germany or who immigrated as girls under the age of 15 were more often childfree with a rate of 22 percent than women who immigrated at the age of 15 and over (12 percent).

Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, June 14, 2023, 6:00 p.m