SOCI 234 Chapter reading: Reading The Declining Birthrate Doesn't Spell Disaster
18 Feb 2019
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With the birth rate at its lowest in recorded history, some people are afraid that the us is heading towards a demographic crisis. This will lead to too few children which will lead to too few workers to build and pay for the future. Johnathan last says that there is a fiscal threat. There will be a growing burden of retirees. Wanting politics to fund schools and invest in children. There are other indicators that says that the. Us will not face a population crisis and has resources to adapt to the population shift. The birth rate may be dropping but the fertility rate is still higher than in the 1970s and 1980s. The decline came after a 20 year period where fertility rose more than 10% The percentage of 50 year old women who never had a child is actually lower than half a century ago. Those who did have children actually tended to have more.
