It is interesting that more women these days are deciding not to have children. The last census, in 2006, showed 13% of women aged between 45 and 49 were childless whereas in 1981, 9% of women in this age group had no children.

　　You might also like to listen to Birth Statistics to hear about statistics 5 years ago and New Zealand becoming more multi-cultural to hear about babies of mixed ethnicity.

　　Vocabulary

　　?census: counting people every 5 years (because of the Christchurch earthquake in Feb 2011, the March 2011 census was postponed for 2 years)

　　?childless – having no children

　　?whereas – but, comparing two things