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rayiner
on July 15, 2020
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The global fertility rate is falling
Right:
https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15...
. The vast majority of women (90% in 1976, 86% in 2013) have at least one child. But the lifetime number of births has fallen from 3.1 in 1976 to 2.1 in 2013. This reflects changes in the perceived optimal family size:
https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15...
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