Consider the merits of setting the minimum voting age to zero as you read this compelling opinion essay in The New York Times by the CIO for Demographic Intelligence, Lyman Stone. The persuasive piece suggests that the opportunity to vote for all children is not only imperative on the basis of nondiscrimination, but it would [...]
Demographic Intelligence’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, has published an article in The Atlantic discussing how public policy should assist families, but not help adults spend more time on the job. Stone and co-author Laurie DeRose examine how both political parties are working to persuade people to focus more time on work and away from [...]
Lyman Stone, Chief Information Officer for Demographic Intelligence, is cited in a New York Times article addressing what can be done about America’s declining birthrate. The author, Shikha Dalmia, discusses a growing concern that the United States is facing a population bust. Dalmia highlights the recent Census Bureau findings that in the past decade, the [...]
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 [...]
Demographic Intelligence Chief Information Officer Lyman Stone contributed to an International Business Times article that discusses possible economic consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the current economic challenges, 300,000-500,000 fewer children born in the U.S. in 2021 will have long-term effects on the economy. Reference the article here.
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.
COVID-19 has impacted essentially every aspect of American life, including women’s plans for starting or growing their families. The COVID Family Survey, conducted by Demographic Intelligence, finds that the pandemic has led about 3% of U.S. women who were considering have children to delay their plans to have a baby. In some cases, they are [...]
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 [...]
Demographic Intelligence's Lyman Stone provides a broad overview of the confluence of factors that are causing fertility rates to sink across the globe in a lengthy piece for National Review. As D.I. readers know, falling birthrates can be attributed to industrialization, the widespread use of contraception and delayed marriage. There may be even one other factor [...]
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