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How old were you when your first child was born? As of 2024, AGEKDBRN has been recoded to only account for first child born during ages 18-45. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of AGEKDBRN. The original AGEKDBRN containing data from 1994 to 2022 has been renamed AGEKDBRN_9422.

How old were you when your first child was born?

Age when first child was born · Asked in 16 waves, 1994–2024 · 31,450 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Coded values: 17 means “17 and younger”; 45 means “45 and older”.

Average answer over time

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).

Average by group over time

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2024	2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02	mixed	3,309	2,280
General Social Survey 2022	2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08	mixed	3,544	2,437
General Social Survey 2021	2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02	web	4,032	2,820
General Social Survey 2018	2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10	face to face	2,348	1,685
General Social Survey 2016	2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19	face to face	2,867	2,070
General Social Survey 2014	2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13	face to face	2,538	1,834
General Social Survey 2012	2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05	face to face	1,974	1,438
General Social Survey 2010	2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12	face to face	2,044	1,482
General Social Survey 2008	2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13	face to face	2,023	1,502
General Social Survey 2006