US fertility keeps dropping – but that's not a reason to panic
- Written by Caroline Sten Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
In 2018, the national birth rate hit a 32-year low.Pixel-Shot/shutterstock.comThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on May 15 that the number of births in the U.S. is down 2% – “the lowest number of births in 32 years.”
These reports were met with surprise and alarm. USA Today, for example, led with the headline &...
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