Demographics: What happened to Halloween Trick or Treating?
For those of us growing up in the 1960s or 1970s (or perhaps the 1950s), Halloween was a big event. Our streets were filled with kids going door to door,…
Demographics: True -> “The Global War for Young Talent Will Shape the Future | Time”
Meanwhile, most of the population is stuck on the Population Bomb meme that was wrong the day it was published 55 years ago. That mindset is locked into today’s younger…
Demographics, Economy: Germany’s labor shortage may lead to worse inflationary pressures
Germany’s fertility rate is 1.6: The labor shortage is magnifying the pressure. With workers in high demand and inflation jumping to 10.9% last month — the fastest rate since the…
Demographics, Economy: Demographics now key driver of global economy
Ibbitson, 67, said over the next several decades that demographics will be the key driver of the global economy as more baby boomers age and birth rates around the world…
Public health: CDC abandons use of “case” disease models
In October 2022, we have an update from the CDC – the CDC is discontinuing publishing “case” disease models due to their (repeated) low reliability: Forecasts of New Cases Ensemble…
Demographics: Due to abortion laws, many young men choosing sterilization procedures
In the US, some young men report that legal changes to reproductive rights have catalysed them to opt for vasectomies. Source: Vasectomy: The US men embracing permanent birth control –…
Demographics: Key school district in Silicon Valley sees enrollment declines
Guess it is a mystery why this happening: Santa Clara Unified and school districts all over the Country are concerned about enrollment declines. At the Board of Trustees Meeting on…
Demographics: The diversity of languages in the U.S. due to immigration
Contrary to what some Americans seem to believe, the United States historically has been a polyglot nation containing a diverse array of languages. At the time of independence, non-English European…
Demographics: History of Federal immigration laws from 1917 on
Good grief By the 1920’s, nearly one-third of the American population consisted of immigrants and their families. The birthrate among this segment of the population suggested that the proportion of…
Demographics: Both Ukraine and Russia’s populations are in long term collapse
According to the World Bank, Ukraine’s 2020 birth rate was 1.22 children per 1,000 woman, one of the world’s lowest. By comparison, the global average rate was 2.2 and 1.4…