A new report argues that women in Generation X start families later and end up with fewer children than their predecessors. It cites generational comparisons of “completed family size,” saying women born in 1979 have an average of 1.95 children by the end of their childbearing years. That figure is lower than earlier cohorts referenced in the report: women’s grandmothers are described as having an average completed family size of 2.12, while the report estimates that women from the baby boomer generation average 2.05. The article also states that another decline is projected for younger generations, including Gen Z and Gen Alpha, suggesting the trend toward smaller family size continues. The reporting frames these differences as part of longer-term demographic change rather than as a short-term fluctuation, and bases its claims on the generational comparisons of completed family size and expectations for subsequent cohorts.