It's not just that couples are having fewer children, is that there are fewer couples https://t.co/DePftXFQDf
It's not just that couples are having fewer children, is that there are fewer couples https://t.co/DePftXFQDf
fertility drops much below 2.1 babies per woman, the population will shrink unless offset by immigration.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
Another reason for the falling birth rate is more complex: Raising children takes more effort than it used to.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
The sperm decline signals changes that affect everybody. As some population experts and scientists put it, “a demographic time bomb” is on the horizon—future generations won’t be able to meet the financial and caretaking needs of an ever-increasing number of older adults and retired workers, given the declining fertility rate.
Shanna H. Swan • Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
Economic challenges are often cited as the reason why Millennials aren’t having children.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Charted: The Global Decline of Fertility Rates
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