A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression

Re:A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety o... by ithkuil on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:43AM (#23320074)

Wow. I just checked the average age of motherhood in the USA and it's 26yo. That's 6 years less than in the country I'm living; perhaps my intuitions about what it's normal in a modern society are heavily skewed (and in my social circles it's even worse, with age if motherhood around 35yo, largely due to effects caused precarious work)

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Re:A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety o... by tayo42 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:04AM (#23320193)

Quick google search says that not true its a bit higher for the us.

Its also bimodal https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-bir...

Edit: I actually think i confused my self with the age of first birth and age of parents, ignore that first line

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Re:A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety o... by jobigoud on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:17AM (#23320296)

The grand parent comment probably made the same mistake because there isn't any country where the mean mother age at first birth is 32 or 33, that is, 6 years more than US 26.3 or 26.9 (depending on sources).

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Re:A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety o... by ithkuil on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:01AM (#23320967)

Yes, indeed I took the average age of the mother of any birth and not the average age for the birth of the First child.

Official Italian ISTAT report for claims 31.1 for mother age at first birth. Still significantly higher than US fwiw.

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