NCHS Data Briefs

NCHS Data Brief, No. 332 -Educational Attainment of Mothers Aged 25 and Over: United States, 2017

Maternal education has been shown to be associated with the number of children a woman has during her childbearing years, as well as maternal and infant health (1–5). Using 2017 national birth certificate data, this report describes educational attainment of mothers aged 25 and over, overall and by race and Hispanic origin and state, and the mean numbers of live births by mothers’ educational attainment.

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