According to a new report from Danmarks Statistik, a significant portion of Danish men have not fathered children by the time they hit 50.
The report, ‘Men and Families’ (here in Danish), showed that about 20 percent of men have no children when they turn 50 – compared to 12 percent of women.
The report also revealed that 14 percent of all kids born in 2019 had a father who was at least 40 years old, while for mothers it was 4 percent.
Of all children born last year, 83 percent had fathers who were aged 25-39. For mothers it was 86 percent.
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Education plays a role
The report also found that highly-educated men are more likely to become fathers.
Among 50-year-old men with at most a basic secondary school education, 69 percent had children – compared to 86 percent of men from the same age group with a longer higher education.
Among employed men, the share who have children is higher among those with higher incomes. A similar trend is not apparent among women.
