Change in children per woman and female labor force participation, 1960 to 2021

The labor force participation rate corresponds to the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active. Fertility corresponds to the number ofchildren that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with the age-specific fertility rates of thespecific year.

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