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

'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: 5, Insightful) by qzm on Friday November 16 2018, @04:52AM (3 children)

    by qzm (3260) on Friday November 16 2018, @04:52AM (#762536)

    Lower fertility rate makes it sounds like a medical issue and people are trying to have more.

    However it is well identified that the primary cause is less people deciding to have children.
    That is not fertility. FFS.

    Come on, the secret is to bang the rocks together guys!

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by kazzie on Friday November 16 2018, @06:38AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 16 2018, @06:38AM (#762574)

    As well as less fewer people deciding to have children, there's also the people who have children, but decide to have fewer of them.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:23PM (#762695)

    Technically, in the circles that study these things, it is the total fertility rate.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday November 16 2018, @06:41PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday November 16 2018, @06:41PM (#762800) Journal

    Yes, it actually is fertility. It is the term demographers and social scientists use to measure population growth rates.

    Just because you're using a different meaning of the term "fertility" does not mean there are no others.

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    Washington DC delenda est.