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Press release No. 226 of 14 June 2023 Rate of childlessness has remained constant at 20% for ten years
...The level of education is presented here according to the three categories of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011). Overall, women who were born in Germany or immigrated to Germany as girls before the age of 15 tended to be childless more often (22%) than women who arrived in Germany at age 15 and over (12%). However, there were also clear differences within these two groups depending on the level of education. ...
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Press release No. N019 of 22 March 2023 5.5 kilograms per capita: 462,500 tonnes of old clothes and second-hand textiles were exported from Germany in 2022
...In relation to the total population in Germany, this represented 5.5 kilograms of second-hand textiles which were exported per capita in 2022....
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Press release No. N 009 of 15 February 2023 Nearly one third of births by Caesarean section in 2021
...Roughly 237,000 women delivered by Caesarean in 2021, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 30.9% for the whole of Germany. It is slightly higher than in 2020 (29.7%). The proportion of such surgical interventions doubled over the last 30 years. 15.3% of women gave birth by Caesarean section in 1991. ...
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Press release No. N 011 of 23 February 2023 Most energy products cost significantly more than before Russia’s attack on Ukraine
...Russia’s attack on Ukraine on 24 February had a decisive impact on energy prices in Germany in the course of 2022. Although the trend had finally been downward, producer prices of energy were 32.9% higher in January 2023 than in January 2022, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). ...