title: Fertility of the over forties.
abstract: This article focuses on women aged forty and over in England and Wales. It identifies changes in fertility patterns in the late childbearing ages, including trends in multiple maternities, conceptions terminated by an abortion, and the effects of delayed childbearing on births outside marriage and on the birth order distribution of births within marriage.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001723:Birth Rate; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008423:Maternal Age; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017584:Reproductive History; D014852:Wales