The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Thu, 22 May 2025 10:15 -0400

CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women between the ages of 20-29 who are having fewer babies and may be opting out of having children altogether. 60 Minutes Overtime reports, “Johnson commented that finding out what’s happening among this particular age group is the "big question" and many factors are at play. He pointed to one trend that could explain part of it: many young women are delaying marriage, and a significant share of that group is delaying having children. And within those marriages, the time taken between marriage and childbirth is now longer than it has historically been. ‘In a sense, it’s just pushing everything further out,’ he told 60 Minutes Overtime.?And despite...