Chapter 9, Problem 64SE

Data released by the National Center for Health Statistics showed that the mean age at which women had their first child was 25.0 in 2006 (The Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2009). The reporter, Sue Shellenbarger, noted that this was the first decrease in the average age at which women had their first child in several years. A recent sample of 42 women provided the data in the website file named FirstBirth concerning the age at which these women had their first child. Do the data indicate a change from 2006 in the mean age at which women had their first child? Use α = .05