Demographics: Oregon public school enrollment plunges
They’ve blamed Covid school closures, more students being home schooled, more students going to “virtual schools” but … The full extent of enrollment declines can’t be chalked up to families…
Demographics: Population Under Age 18 Declined Last Decade
By comparison, the younger population under age 18 numbered 73.1 million, or 22.1% of the U.S. population in 2020, a 1.4% decrease from 74.2 million in 2010. The slow decline…
Demographics: China’s population has begun to shrink
Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world. Source: China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic…
Demographics: Oregon Community College Enrollment Continues to Decline
This might be why? Look at the population of the age 15-19, and 20-24 groups. Sources: Oregon community college enrollment drops again – oregonlive.com and Oregon Population 2022/2023 Related: Oregon…
Demographics: UN says countries must prepare for aging populations
All countries need new social and economic policies to prepare for the reality of an aging world now, the United Nations said in a new report on Thursday. Source: UN…
Demographics: “Are demographics destiny?”
For many reasons, but especially due to the decrease in the fertility rate, we will see much more immigration in the 21st century, unlike what we have seen before. Over…
Demographics: Interesting age trends
This shows why the world’s population is eventually shrinking:
Demographics: France proposing to raise retirement age
A new pension reform proposal was presented Tuesday that included plans to raise France’s retirement age — which is expected to face some significant backlash in the country. Source: France’s…
Demographics, Business: The Growth of Planned Obsolescence
Fast-forward a handful of decades, and now several generations of people are conditioned to buy the new thing and to keep replacing it. Source: From clothes to tech, why is…
Demographics: Media begins push for more immigration to the U.S.
The labor shortage is a long-term trend due to low fertility rates. Eeconomists think the solution is “more immigration”, even though this shortage will soon be global – there won’t…