Child-bearing years will thus make up a smaller proportion of women’s potential working lives.

这样可以使得女性的怀孕阶段与整个职业生涯相比占更小的比例。

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Women who were 20 when the wall fell have not yet reached the end of their child-bearing years.

柏林墙倒塌时20岁的妇女现在还在生育年龄内。

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There are also historical reasons for excluding women, particularly those in their child-bearing years.

当然也有一些历史性原因导致排斥女性，尤其排斥那些适育年龄的女性。

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He said the Hispanic population in particular is very young, much more concentrated in child-bearing years, and has a higher fertility rate than the white, non-Hispanic population.

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The number of white children declined, due in part to age: The white population is older on average, so more whites are dying, and fewer are in their prime child-bearing years.

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As a woman, hearing this, it is hard not to wonder if we are counted out for certain jobs, certain opportunities, because we do have a family or because we are in our child-bearing years.

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