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| Subject: Birth rates hit record low for women in teens and 20s: 'That's a lot of empty kindergarten rooms' Thu May 16, 2019 6:41 pm | |
| America's baby bust isn't over. The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies in 32 years.
The provisional report, released Wednesday and based on more than 99% of U.S. birth records, found 3.788 million births last year. It was the fourth year the number of births has fallen, the lowest since 1986 and a surprise to some experts given the improving economy.
The fertility rate of 1.7 births per U.S. woman also fell 2%, meaning the current generation isn't making enough babies to replace itself. The fertility rate is a hypothetical estimate based on lifetime projections of age-specific birth rates.
Whether more U.S. women are postponing motherhood or forgoing it entirely isn't yet clear.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-birth-rates-record-low-20190515-story.html?fbclid=IwAR32giXPIs6qOKdmT5kXtaxOh3BzIpxeFxh45L1S9YKJagxgnovBg4tSnzM |
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