Tag: general fertility rate decline
Delayed motherhood is offset by more never-married women having babies. I am fascinated by fertility patterns and was delighted to see the most recent piece from the Pew Research Center that helps reconcile the divergent trends shown by the annual fertility rate and the completed fertility rate. The annual fertility rate – number of births…
Fertility patterns are still unclear and the U.S. lacks adequate child care. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan has urged women to have more babies for the good of the nation. He argues that births are at record low levels and that more kids would improve economic growth and ease the burden of Social Security and…
