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Expanding opportunities for women and economic uncertainty are both factors in declining US fertility rates

  • Written by Ann M. Oberhauser, Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University
Expanding opportunities for women and economic uncertainty are both factors in declining US fertility ratesWomen have many more work and educational choices than previous generations, which affect their decisions about having children.Justin Lewis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The decline in population growth in the U.S. from 2010 to 2020 is part of a broader national trend linked to falling birth rates, but also immigration changes and other factors....

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