College Graduates Are Producing Larger Families, Survey Shows

Enormous numbers of babies have been produced by college graduates of the past ten years, a survey just published by the Population Reference Bureau in Washington revealed. The number of babies per educated capita is already almost as high as that for 25 year grads.

The bureau's survey, which did not include any of the Ivy League or Seven Sister Colleges, also said that the fertility of men graduates is already higher than that of women and is on the increase. Over 11,000 graduates from 95 colleges and universities took part in the survey.

Twenty-five year male graduates have averaged 2.09 children and women 1.55, while the ten-year group is already averaging 1.9 children for men and 1.43 for women with "at least ten more family-building years ahead of them."

Again, Brigham Young University, a Mormon institution, led in fertility, with graduates of Catholic universities a close second. The Catholic graduates lead in number of children per family.

"The no-child and the one-child family pattern so popular among college graduates a generation ago is being replaced by the three-or-more child family," the survey showed. This followed a national trend.

The report added, "today's graduates are marrying younger and starting their families earlier." Fewer have childless marriages.