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'Remarkable' Decline in Fertility Rates

posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram:

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.

Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.

The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".

And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @03:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @03:09AM (#762497)

    I don't know if I would say this with the same bitterness as you, but I feel the value proposition just doesn't make sense. If I feel the need for plain sex, I could organize something with no obligations. Getting a wife costs much more and lets her claim half of what I've saved up, plus alimony, somewhat easily if she feels she doesn't want me around anymore. Kids are even more of an obligation, you have to feed them for 30 years, and you won't see them if your ex doesn't let you (but the state will force you to pay anyway). Suppose the marriage lasts, the kids could fail to obtain adequate employment, get addicted to drugs or get wasted in a military adventure.

    I see friends who did not win the college major lottery living on crappy salaries. I did luck out, but I know that was pure chance. If anything, making it in our first world societies is going to get harder, there's just too many people around.

    So I'll live for myself, do what I enjoy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @04:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @04:06AM (#762523)

    I see friends who did not win the college major lottery living on crappy salaries. I did luck out, but I know that was pure chance. If anything, making it in our first world societies is going to get harder, there's just too many people around. too little money around

    FTFY.