"The American birthrate has fallen to its lowest rate in history. This has caused consternation in the political class: A falling rate can eventually lead to too few workers to support an aging population. (Immigration, the other element of population change, has fallen under the Trump administration.) Some on the right even see it as a sign of societal crisis.
I wanted to find out who was driving the decline, to better understand how to think about the phenomenon. What I found was surprising: The biggest drops were among the youngest women, who are least likely to want or be able to provide for a baby.'



