Americans Are Having Fewer Babies

[Blue Bianchi 77]

Americans are having fewer babies. At first, researchers thought the declining fertility rate was because of the recession, but it kept falling even as the economy recovered. Now it has reached a record low for the second consecutive year.

Because the fertility rate subtly shapes many major issues of the day — including immigration, education, housing, the labor supply, the social safety net and support for working families — there’s a lot of concern about why today’s young adults aren’t having as many children. So we asked them.

Wanting more leisure time and personal freedom; not having a partner yet; not being able to afford child-care costs — these were the top reasons young adults gave for not wanting or not being sure they wanted children, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/upshot/americans-are-having-fewer-babies-they-told-us-why.html

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

55 minutes ago, Blue Bianchi said:

Americans are having fewer babies. At first, researchers thought the declining fertility rate was because of the recession, but it kept falling even as the economy recovered. Now it has reached a record low for the second consecutive year.

Because the fertility rate subtly shapes many major issues of the day — including immigration, education, housing, the labor supply, the social safety net and support for working families — there’s a lot of concern about why today’s young adults aren’t having as many children. So we asked them.

Wanting more leisure time and personal freedom; not having a partner yet; not being able to afford child-care costs — these were the top reasons young adults gave for not wanting or not being sure they wanted children, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/upshot/americans-are-having-fewer-babies-they-told-us-why.html

I need the data a d methodology used for the survey to properly determine the validity 

[Blue Bianchi 77]

This isn't new.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/05/20/heres-why-it-matters-that-americans-are-having-fewer-children-than-ever-before.html

 

[Blue Bianchi 77]

37 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I need the data a d methodology used for the survey to properly determine the validity 

That Americans are having few babies is old news. See last year's report from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. The survey above merely explores why this might be the case. I can understand being a little scared of the child care costs. My friend just had twins and monthly daycare costs for them costs more than their mortgage. And she has one more child under 4 years old. It's very sobering. You want to be able to afford giving your children the best care possible. But what if the costs are just so much higher than what you are making? It's heartbreaking.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/12/us-birthrates-decline-in-wake-poor-economy.html

 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/health/us-low-birthrates-nchs-study/index.html

[Unidentified 2,930]

This has been going on for quite some time. Women are deciding to postpone childbirth until later and some women realize they don't have to have children if they don't want to just because society says they should. Fertility rates are going down because of global warming. Some people choose not to have children because of global warming. There are so many factors. But yeah, this is not something new. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

4 minutes ago, Unidentified said:

This has been going on for quite some time. Women are deciding to postpone childbirth until later and some women realize they don't have to have children if they don't want to just because society says they should. Fertility rates are going down because of global warming. Some people choose not to have children because of global warming. There are so many factors. But yeah, this is not something new. 

Say wHaT?!?

[Unidentified 2,930]

2 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

Say wHaT?!?

Common sense since sperms doesn't like heat (that's why, when you're trying to conceive  men shouldn't take hot showers/bath and keep laptop on their pelvis) but here is an article that talks about a study made on it. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-07-temperatures-negative-effect-fertility-birth.html

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

45 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

Say wHaT?!?

ROFL  I thought it was climate change now. Some one done pulled the bait off the hook 

[Unidentified 2,930]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

ROFL  I thought it was climate change now. Some one done pulled the bait off the hook 

Call it climate change, call it global warming, be as much in denial as you want. Your choice. 

Edited July 7, 2018 by Unidentified

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

The outside temperature of the air increasing by 0.1-0.5° C is NOT going to affect the productivity nor the efficacy of sperm as it leaves the male organ and enters the female.  

[Unidentified 2,930]

4 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

The outside temperature of the air increasing by 0.1-0.5° C is NOT going to affect the productivity nor the efficacy of sperm as it leaves the male organ and enters the female.  

I wasn't talking about their swimming abilities. I was talking about the production. And we're definitely not talking 0.1-0.5C difference. That would not even be noticeable. We're talking drastic heat waves here. Why don't you actually read the article? 

Edited July 7, 2018 by Unidentified

[jg121783 3,908]

2 hours ago, Unidentified said:

This has been going on for quite some time. Women are deciding to postpone childbirth until later and some women realize they don't have to have children if they don't want to just because society says they should. Fertility rates are going down because of global warming. Some people choose not to have children because of global warming. There are so many factors. But yeah, this is not something new. 

I have heard a lot of off the wall nonsense about global warming but this one takes the cake. I guess males concerned about fertility should stay from a.c. vents and airport runways where the global warmists strategically place their temperature monitoring equiptment.

Edited July 7, 2018 by jg121783

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

5 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I have heard a lot of off the wall nonsense about global warming but this one takes the cake.

by a wide margin 

[Unidentified 2,930]

6 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I have heard a lot of off the wall nonsense about global warming but this one takes the cake. I guess males concerned about fertility should stay from a.c. vents and airport runways where the global warmists strategically place their temperature monitoring equiptment.

 

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

by a wide margin 

 

 

If sperm production is lower when it's too hot how would heat waves not have an impact on fertility? 

[jg121783 3,908]

1 minute ago, Unidentified said:

 

 

 

If sperm production is lower when it's too hot how would heat waves not have an impact on fertility? 

If man made global warming was an actual thing maybe we could have that debate. Even then it's a little far fetched.