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Birth rates are falling – but the population in England will continue to rise.
In the Japanese workplace, women face discrimination, restrictive behaviour and appearance codes and a lower glass ceiling than elsewhere. Only a profound cultural shift will change that.
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.
Eight countries are projected to be behind 50% of the growth in population over the next three decades. Five are in Africa.
People who say they don’t want children are often told they’ll change their mind. The authors of a new study found otherwise.
Economic opportunities, social norms and expanding education and employment options for many women help explain why U.S. fertility has slowed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Immigration has historically offset America’s low fertility rate, but the recent dramatic drop in immigration threatens that trend.
China will now allow couples to have up to three children – but what is stopping families from welcoming this new policy?
Large numbers of young people can represent great economic potential. But this only works if Nigeria can invest in their health and education and new economic opportunities.
The number of births in the United States have been falling for the last three decades, reaching their lowest number in 32 years.
A little bit of statistics can explain the great mystery of why only girls are being born in Miejsce Odrzanskie.
The UK is facing a population crisis with birth rates at an all-time low.
The number of births in the US is down 2% – to what the CDC calls ‘the lowest number of births in 32 years.’ This drop brings the US more in line with its peers.
Did you ever consider that human beings might have a breeding season? Birth seasonality exists – and has interesting implications for childhood disease outbreaks.
Do Muslim couples in Australia have ‘on average 4.5 children’ while other couples have ‘1.5 children’? Could Australia have a ‘Muslim majority’ in ‘a couple’ of generations? Let’s check the evidence.
Women will now be better informed when it comes to deciding whether it’s worth undergoing another round of IVF.
Often emphasised in discussions about children’s best interests is the idea that certain ways of having and raising children are “natural”. For example, this word appears frequently in reference to how…
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Professor, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate professor, University of Ibadan
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Sociology and China Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Southampton
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Professor of Demography, University of Ibadan
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Professor of Sociology; Director, Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Demography, University of Dar es Salaam
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Professor of population and development studies, University of Kinshasa
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
