Birth rates among Polish women rise by two thirds when they move to Britain, official figures showed yesterday. Those who migrated here after 2004 have an average of 2.13 children compared with the 1.30 level seen in their native land. Romanians have enjoyed an even bigger baby boom – producing 2.93 children in Britain but only 1.25 back home. New figures from the Office for National Statistics shows women from Romania have the highest fertility rates in England and Wales The women may have been playing ‘catch-up’ after delaying pregnancy ahead of emigrating, the Office for National Statistics said. But higher income – whether in wages or benefits – and  better schools and living conditions in Britain, may also have encouraged the extra births, the agency added.
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Total fertility rate - average number of children they can expect to have - for Romanian women in England and Wales is 2.93
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Among women in Romania it is only 1.25, and 1.84 for UK-born mothers
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One in four babies is born to mothers born overseas
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