"Figure 4: Women are having smaller families than the previous generation, but two-children families remain the most common family size","" "Estimated family size for women born in 1948 and 1974 who are assumed to have completed their childbearing, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Completion of childbearing is assumed to end at age 45 years (the day before a woman's 46th birthday)." "Unit","%" "","" "Number of live-born children","1948","1974" "0","11","18" "1","13","18" "2","44","37" "3","20","16" "4 or more","11","11"