“This is a trend that has been visible in Western countries for a while now, and Romania is perfectly within this trend. The complex of factors that led to the increase in the number of children born from women older than 35 is relatively generous and is part of what experts call the second demographic transition,” Constanta Mihaescu, professor with the Department of Statistics and Econometrics of the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, told ZF.
“One can see a number of changes in the couple formation area, the institution of marriage, divorce and mentalities compared with what used to happen until the ‘80s.”
More than 30,800 children born in 2017 or 15% of the about 200,000 born in Romania that year, came from mothers who are older than 35, the data centralized by ZF using Eurostat information, show.
Romania therefore is in line with the European trend, Constanta Mihaescu says, and the factors that led to this are educational, economic, and social in nature, because of a change in mentalities.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)