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'Remarkable' Decline in Fertility Rates

posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   
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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Original Submission

• Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @08:46AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @08:46AM (#762602)

  What is the fundamental difference between an American and a Mexican or South American?

  Hue?

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• Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @09:56AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @09:56AM (#762627)

  Chroma!

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  • Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @12:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @12:35PM (#762662)

    Tint!!

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• Re:Insufficient children to maintain their populat (Score: 2) by driverless on Friday November 16 2018, @10:15AM

  by driverless (4770) on Friday November 16 2018, @10:15AM (#762635)

  Due? Lue?

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