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In some areas, the birth rate is as low as it was during the Depression.
When I was in the first women's studies class in 1975 at UCLA, the professor put up a chart showing the fertility rates per woman dropping steadily since 1600 AD. Each woman of record typically has six children. The ONLY period of time in the last 400 years in which the birthrate per woman rose was the post WW2 period.
Did the baby boomers have lots of children?
I was looking at the women I grew up with. It is a large sampling, but not conclusive. About half of them did not have any children of their own. About a third of them had two children. The rest had more than two. I live in a large city with educated persons. Many moved away.
This article has interesting stats. One stat shows that even though the birth rate is dropping, the surgical delivery rate went up. Lots of theories about that.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticl...518_mscpedit&uac=135674FT&impID=1635700&faf=1
When I was in the first women's studies class in 1975 at UCLA, the professor put up a chart showing the fertility rates per woman dropping steadily since 1600 AD. Each woman of record typically has six children. The ONLY period of time in the last 400 years in which the birthrate per woman rose was the post WW2 period.
Did the baby boomers have lots of children?
I was looking at the women I grew up with. It is a large sampling, but not conclusive. About half of them did not have any children of their own. About a third of them had two children. The rest had more than two. I live in a large city with educated persons. Many moved away.
This article has interesting stats. One stat shows that even though the birth rate is dropping, the surgical delivery rate went up. Lots of theories about that.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticl...518_mscpedit&uac=135674FT&impID=1635700&faf=1