Analysis: The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy | CNN Business

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Analysis: The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy | CNN Business - Lemmy.World

How is this a fertility issue? Are people unable to have children, or just unwilling?
It's not a fertility issue, it's a fecundity issue. But we tend to use the 2 terms interchangeably.

It’s the other way around. Fecundity is the measure of how well a person is biologically able to reproduce. Fertility is how many children people actually have, which also depends on voluntary choices.

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Fecundity and Fertility | Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology | Oxford Academic