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Caravel Undergraduate Research Journal

Abstract

It has been observed that women are beginning to have children at a later age than traditionally seen in history. This study examines college student’s ideal age for having children, and how it compares to the age of their mother when she had her first child. The data was collected mainly from undergraduate students at the University of South Carolina through a survey completed by 39 participants. Through a one-way between-subjects ANOVA, this study found there was not a significant difference of the ideal age to have children between college students ages 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. The average college student’s ideal age to have children was 27.5. A paired samples t-test was conducted between each participant’s ideal age to have children and their mother’s age when she had her first child which was not statistically significant. The mean age of the participant’s mothers giving birth for the first time was 27 years old. The study found there is a large amount of similarity between college student’s ideal age to have children and the age of their mother when she had her first child.

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