Demographics, Education: Male college enrollees disappearing
College enrollees aged 18-24 are 42% male and 58% female.
Demographics, Education: Fed says college debts play role in housing accessibility
Understanding the Generational Gaps in Homeownership | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org) The % of adults who went to college in the 1970s was vastly smaller than today, hence, fewer “Baby…
Demographics: Gen Z not having kids ’cause climate change
But as this story points out, every generation has challenges and generally everything gets better in the future.
Biology: Biological sex is better predictor of sports outcomes than gender identity, says study
Sex may be a more useful explanatory variable than gender identity for predicting the performance of athletes in mass-participation races, a new paper has found. Study shows sex could be…
Yes: “Will mortgage rates ever fall to 3% again?”
3% mortgage rates were a very unusual market in recent years. For much of the past 40+ years, interest rates were 7% or greater.
Demographics: Gen Z doesn’t want kids ’cause everything is awful
Everything is awful, say the doomers. Doomerism takes hold and no one wants to have families, to work, or make the world a better place. A self fulfilling game.
Demographics: The declining youth worker population
The young worker population peaked in 2000.
Demographics: Gen Z lack an ability to evaluate risks, and thus, are overcome by anxiety
Study finds Gen Z has a poor ability to evaluate risks in life, and views everything as on or off, with no in between level. Hence, they are anxiety ridden.
Demographics: Revised fertility rate for India – may be 1.6 in 2024
Populations continue to see declines throughout much of the world India's fertility rate is now thought to be as low as 1.6 to 1.7.
Demographics: North Korean leader asks for more babies
North Korea seeks more births as fertility rate is below population replacement level. And they don't have much inbound immigration!