Average age of first-time mothers increased to 28.9 years old in Albania

Decisions by educated women to invest in their careers in order to be better off financially when they have children have contributed to the shift to older motherhood. According to the most recent data of the United Nations, the average age of motherhood in Albania, i.e. of becoming a mother for the first time, is […]

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