US Birth Rate Hits 30-Year Low
Birth rates in the United States have reached 30-year lows, according to data from the U.S. government. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that birth rates declined for all groups: teens, women in their 20s and 30s. In total, there were 3.853 million births last year, the lowest since 1987. The […]
American Women Having More Children Later, Study Finds
American women are having children later than ever, but they’re also having more children than they did 10 years ago. In 2006, 80 percent of older women, aged 40-44, had kids. Ten years later, that jumped to 86 percent, Pew Research Center reported, adding that the numbers were similar to the early 1990s. Pew […]