In 2016 the median maternal age at first birth was 26. In 2022 it was 30. I think some of this is due to increased inequality during COVID that prevented younger non-university educated people from feeling financially stable enough to have the kids they wanted, while giving older university-educated people working from home the flexibility to have more kids. Do you think the maternal age at first birth will decrease back down now that we are "back to normal" during the pandemic?

my thoughts via twitter

1. https://twitter.com/ruthgracewong/status/1632240248616013830

2. https://twitter.com/ruthgracewong/status/1638751987251712000