One in eight women infertile in Britain

The findings showed that the prevalence of infertility was highest among women aged 35-44 years and among men aged 35-54.More than a third of women who became mothers the age of 35 or older had experienced a period of infertility compared to fewer than one in ten women who had their first child before the age of 25.Further, the experience of infertility was more common among people with higher socio-economic status, including women who had a university degree and both women and men in managerial, professional or technical employment, compared to people in lower status, routine occupations.