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
For the first time in the US, more babies are now born to moms 40–44 than 15–19.
This marks 2 historical shifts for the US, plummeting teen pregnancy and gradually rising fertility for older women. https://t.co/SHwdXnKQR4
Studies don’t reveal a shift in the desire to have children.
(1) Young adults want to hit economic milestones before having children — they want to buy a house, pay off student debt, or comfortably afford child care. (2) The absence of policies that support working families — like paid maternity leave and stable child care — leads couples to
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