A new report warns falling birth and marriage rates pose long-term risks, urging major policy changes to strengthen family ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

The US birth rate grew by 1% in 2024, according to a new CDC report. Moms in their early 40s and late 30s experienced the biggest increases in births. Meanwhile, births declined the most among teens ...

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Japan, already a world leader in pro-natal policy, must dramatically boost child allowances to make a difference, an analyst ...

A similar trend was observed among dyads with household income at 100-199% of the federal poverty level, with preterm birth rates rising from 7.8% in 2011 to 10.0% ( P <0.001) in 2021. Preterm birth ...

Birth rates have declined by an astounding amount since 1960. Elon Musk has issued a dire warning about declining birth rates globally, but he’s also offering a way to fix it. Musk has been outspoken ...

Systemic change that offers a credible vision of the future is the only path to reversing the birth rate decline, experts warn.