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📕 New paper by CPC-CG's Vincent Ramos 👇

Examines #childbearing decisions in societies experiencing declining #birthrates - how might worries about #caring for #ageing parents and job insecurity affect expectations around starting a #family?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-025-09969-9

#demography #socialsciences #fertility #familyplanning #experimentalsurvey #Germany #surveydata

Centre for Population Change Aug 28

📻 Speaking about the latest Office for National Statistics #fertility data release yesterday, CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham discussed the #economic and #social factors affecting #birth rates globally and nationally with Evan Davies on #BBC Radio 4 PM - listen from 05:19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hkt7

#birthrates #ons #lowfertility #fallingbirthrates #family #sociology #migration #socialscience #demography #population

PM - The fertility rate in England and Wales falls to a new record low - BBC Sounds

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen again to a new record low.

BBC

Richard Ashwell Aug 8

After the Spike and the Myth of Depopulation

After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso focuses on #depopulation, but its arguments are built on shaky ground, stirring up fear, rather than focusing on the facts. What’s more troubling is the authors don’t disclose their funding from Elon #Musk, who has frequently made headlines with his concern over low #BirthRates. Here we’ll break down the flaws in their arguments.

https://populationmatters.org/news/2025/08/after-the-spike-and-the-myth-of-depopulation/

#population

After the Spike and the Myth of Depopulation - Population Matters

After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso focuses on depopulation, but its arguments are built on shaky ground, stirring up fear, rather than focusing on the facts. Here we’ll break down the flaws in their arguments.

Population Matters

Japan Aug 8

Japan records nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024 as country’s natality continues to plummet

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys be…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #asia #babies #Birthrates #childcare #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #worldnews
https://www.alojapan.com/1341281/japan-records-nearly-1-million-more-deaths-than-births-in-2024-as-countrys-natality-continues-to-plummet/

Alo Japan Aug 8

https://www.alojapan.com/1341281/japan-records-nearly-1-million-more-deaths-than-births-in-2024-as-countrys-natality-continues-to-plummet/ Japan records nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024 as country’s natality continues to plummet #asia #babies #BirthRates #childcare #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #WorldNews Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s population peaked at around 126.6 millio

Jason Yip Jul 26

Fears that falling #BirthRates in #US could lead to #PopulationCollapse are based on faulty assumptions https://theconversation.com/fears-that-falling-birth-rates-in-us-could-lead-to-population-collapse-are-based-on-faulty-assumptions-261031

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

The Conversation

Kathy Bryson Jul 25

My inner geek loves crunching #numbers! 🤣

Fears that falling #birthrates in US could lead to #population collapse are based on faulty assumptions https://theconversation.com/fears-that-falling-birth-rates-in-us-could-lead-to-population-collapse-are-based-on-faulty-assumptions-261031

#statistics #research #dataanalysis #multipleperspectives #criticalthinking

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

The Conversation

Maggie Maybe Jul 24

This is so interesting and upsetting. Based on the title I thought it would be some QAnon nonsense but from the blue team, but this is a fantastic piece.

It features racism, pedophilia, the birth rates, and the “patents rights” crap.

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-pedocon-theory/

#pedocon #ParentsRights #BirthRates #WomensRights