August 29, 2010 (2:18)
The U.S. birth rate dropped 2.6 percent from 2008 to 2009, and some analysts suspect people’s uncertain financial futures are at fault. Other factor may also be at paly: immigration is down and some women are delaying having families.
Something needs to be done to fire up the middle class to have more kids. Apparently this trend started after 9/11. Birth rates were also down during the Great Depression.
Sources: CBC News The Washington Post NECNNPR
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