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The report, published Wednesday, showed that birth rates declined for nearly all age groups of women younger than 35 but rose for women in their late 30s and early 40s.
From 2017 to 2018, the birth rate dropped 7% among teenagers aged 15 to 19; 4% among women 20 to 24; 3% among women 25 to 29; and 1% among women 30 to 34, according to the report.
The birth rate rose 1% among women aged 35 to 39 and 2% among women 40 to 44. The rate for women 45 to 49, which also includes births to women 50 and older, did not change from 2017 to 2018.
On the other hand, there have been recent studies that indicate children born to older women enjoy better long term academic and professional success.
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America Just Had Its Lowest Number of Births in 32 Years, Report Finds
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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by crafoo on Thursday May 16 2019, @02:58AM (4 children)
The article isn't about raising babies, it's about making them.
Men decide when marriage happens. It's their decision. But, women decide when babies happen. Men really have no say in that part. So no, video games aren't the issue. Women are deciding not to have babies. Why? As always, look to the economics. People put self-interest first (not a judgement, just the reality).
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @06:03AM
Crafoo, you are a total idiot. I will not have babies with you, and I doubt that any other human being will. Real people, the ones who become parents, do not put self-interest first, only psychopaths like yourself and CEOs do stuff like that. When you die, no one will miss you, and probably no one will remember you.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Magic Oddball on Thursday May 16 2019, @11:08AM (2 children)
Unless something major has changed in our society, both the man and woman decide when/whether they're going to get married and when/whether they're going to procreate. One person can insist all they want; the other person still has the option of refusing to participate.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @08:06PM
In theory, yes. But Alabama lawmakers seem intent to change all that. [cnn.com] Even Pat Robertson thinks they have gone too far this time. [cnn.com]
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by crafoo on Friday May 17 2019, @01:18PM
I wish reality was as you see it. It would be cool. But it's not. Women choose when to have children, or if to have them. They have many options other than a lifelong mate. For whatever reason they are choosing not to. Maybe it's a lack of what they consider reasonable mates or maybe they have other priorities. But if there is a shortage of children, it's because women have decided that is their best option.