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Year of birth	Childless in women (%)
1890	22.7
1891	22.9
1892	22.6
1893	22.9
1894	22.7
1895	23.5
1896	23.9
1897	23.5
1898	23.9
1899	23.1
1900	23.9
1901	23.7
1902	23.3
1903	23.9
1904	23.0
1905	21.5
1906	21.2
1907	21.5
1908	21.6
1909	19.8
1910	18.4
1911	19.4
1912	19.1
1913	17.1
1914	16.6
1915	15.4
1916	13.8
1917	14.0
1918	11.9
1919	13.0
1920	12.6
1921	12.4
1922	11.6
1923	12.0
1924	10.8
1925	10.3
1926	10.3
1927	10.5
1928	9.8
1929	9.5
1930	9.3
1931	8.7
1932	8.8
1933	8.9
1934	7.9
1935	8.0
1936	7.9
1937	8.2
1938	7.9
1939	8.4
1940	8.5
1941	8.5
1942	8.6
1943	8.9
1944	9.2
1945	9.3
1946	9.4
1947	9.6
1948	10.5
1949	10.0
1950	10.9
1951	10.9
1952	11.5
1953	11.8
1954	12.0
1955	12.4
1956	12.8
1957	13.1
1958	13.2
1959	13.4
1960	13.9
1961	14.2
1962	14.3
1963	14.7
1964	15.4
1965	16.6

Source: Statistics New Zealand	

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