A revealing Financial Times article discusses the dwindling fertility rates throughout the world. South Korea leads the global decline with only 0.84 children per woman. DI’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, shares insights and data from a number of countries across the world. Read the full article here.
Demographic Intelligence has released its March 2022 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. A number of COVID-19 continuing effects and challenges are addressed. The war in Ukraine and its seismic demographic consequences are discussed. As well, the new Texas abortion laws and how they will influence births are reviewed. As a regular feature the newsletter provides [...]
A thought-provoking article in The New York Times explores “happiness” and the factors that influence whether or not individuals are happy. Political ideologies are evaluated, but an individuals connection to core institutions such as family, faith, and community are as well. Read the full article here.
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 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 October 2020 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. Some of the important issues covered in depth are the COVID-19 impact on fertility, U.S. mortality rates compared to other regions, economic and social fertility indicators, international subsidies to offset low fertility rates, and the affects of environmental factors on fertility. As a [...]
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.
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 [...]
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