A recent study has revealed that nearly one-third of women of childbearing age in Germany face difficulties with conception. The German Institute for Demographic Research, which studied so-called fertility barriers, reached this conclusion. According to the study, about 28% of participating women reported experiencing infertility over a 10-year period, meaning pregnancy was delayed or did not occur. The study also noted that 9% of women indicated they had had one or more miscarriages. Nadia Melivsky, who participated in preparing the study, stated: 'The results show that about one-third of women of childbearing age face biological barriers to fertility.' The analysis was based on data from the 'Perfam' family study, where researchers followed 1,862 women from three birth cohorts over a period of 10 years. A cohort refers to a group of people born generally in the same year. The study also indicated that over the past decades, the average age of mothers at the birth of their first child in Germany has risen to 30.4 years, while fathers are typically older.
