Millennials aren’t having kids. Here’s why. – The Washington Post
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They suggest that contemporary economics is the reason for lower births – but they are WRONG.
This is a very long term trend that is continuing – now down to a fertility rate of 1.62 in 2023 – which would be lower and off the right end of this chart. This has been dropping for a hundred years.
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