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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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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @09:08AM (4 children)
Especially when you consider that the average person can't afford sudden $1,000 expenses. The economy is working for the mega-rich, sure, but that's not an indication that it's all that great for the average person.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday May 16 2019, @12:49PM (2 children)
Unemployment for African-Americans and Latinos is the lowest it's ever been. Will you allow them to say that the economy feels like it's doing well?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was cancelled. Tariffs have been levied against China. Will you allow American manufacturers to say that the economy feels like it's doing well?
The mainstream media has been banking big dollars thanks to intense opposition to Trump. Will you allow them to say that they're doing well?
Bloomberg reported that the US economy grew at a 3.2% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2019 and that inflation has been low. General US unemployment is at 3.6%, its lowest rate since 1969. Will you allow these general measures of economic health to say that the US economy is doing well?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 17 2019, @01:20AM
But, Orange Man Bad.
Four legs Good, Two legs Bad. Four legs Good, Two legs Bad. Four legs Good, Two legs Bad.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Friday May 17 2019, @11:23PM
The government's numbers show that, yes. However, the government's numbers also show that record number have been added to the category "no longer looking for work". The rates of employment, for blacks and latinos, was better in the last year of the Obama presidency. It's easy to get to a lower unemployment percentage number when you've shrunk the percentage of the adult population who are counted.
If you don't believe me, check the housing survey or the total payroll numbers. Growth is worse than under Obama. In fact, in every category except for corporate profits, the numbers are worse than Obama.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 20 2019, @02:01AM
In which country? It's not a genuine problem in the developed world. Sure, the average person may choose to arrange their finances so that they have trouble with the occasional sudden $1,000 expense. But if it isn't important enough to them to solve, then why should it be important enough to the rest of us?
Let's go back to ilPapa's original claim about the US's current state and future child planning. The people who are having trouble now, will have trouble no matter what administration is in charge. Sure, there's some structural changes that could make things better, like more housing in areas that are high cost, reducing entitlement and government spending at all levels, cutting the government contribution to dysfunction in health care and education, or removing barriers to entry for interstate labor shifts (like greatly reducing and standardizing profession licensing).
We need to make decisions about society so that not just the people who make rather dumb decisions benefit. The fools will always find a way to outwit your schemes. I think we're already seeing a lot of that now.