Demographic Intelligence has released its August 2021 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. Many aspects of how Covid -19 continues to affect families and birthrates are addressed. Some of the other important issues covered are China’s official pro-natal policies as well as birth rates in many central and eastern European countries. As a regular feature the [...]
Demographic Intelligence has released its September 2020 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. Some of the important issues covered in depth are the COVID-19 impact on maternal mortality, pre-term delivery, and NICU admissions as well as rising childcare costs. As a regular feature the newsletter provides monthly actual births by state as they become available. If [...]
Lyman Stone, Chief Information Officer for Demographic Intelligence, was quoted in the August 3rd cover story of Bloomberg Businessweek regarding the unlikely scenario of delayed births recovering post-pandemic. Numerous demographers and organizations share their insights throughout this extensive article. See the full article here.
Experts are speculating that the current pandemic may result in up to a half-million fewer U.S. births in 2021. In the Deseret News article Demographic Intelligence’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, shares information from DI’s soon to be released COVID Family Survey. Reverberations of so many fewer births would would impact a number of aspects [...]
In a provocative essay for The New York Times, Anna Louise Sussman examined the connection between "late capitalism" in the developed world and declining birthrates. As Demographic Intelligence has well documented, there is a widening gap between desired fertility and actual fertility. The essay combines anecdotes with regular people talking about the circumstances of their own delayed [...]
The ABA Banking Journal has published a podcast in which Demographic Intelligence advisor Lyman Stone discusses a number of ways in which marriage and fertility trends may significantly affect financial institutions. In an additional bonus clip, Stone reflects on the effects of regional migration on community bank markets. Access both podcasts here.
A Bloomberg article highlights the United States low birth rate and discusses ideas on how public policy could make a difference. A report by Demographic Intelligence advisor Lyman Stone is cited to address a number of questions related to possible government action that could influence the U.S. birth rate. The article states “women have, on [...]
In an article for The New York Times, the economist Lyman Stone notes that "American Fertility Is Falling Short of What Women Want.” Stone, who serves as an advisor to Demographic Intelligence, predicts that the U.S. fertility rate reached 1.77 children per woman in 2017, a 38-year low. Drawing on research conducted for The U.S. Fertility Forecast, Stone points out [...]
A Washington Examiner article highlights a thorough and alarming American Enterprise Institute report on “Declining Fertility in America.” The report by Lyman Stone, an advisor for Demographic Intelligence, finds that “the specter of low fertility, and ultimately of declining populations, has come to America.” Stone lists five causes of this significant reality for our society. [...]
The November edition of the U.S. Fertility Forecast addresses a marked decrease in 2017 births despite a growing economy and rising young adult employment. This decline coincides with a decline in sex among young adults, which may be in part due to the rising popularity of smartphones and social media as well as a reluctance [...]
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