Centre for Population Change

📉 Interviewed about the effects of falling #birthrates on local businesses, CPC member Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris said attitudes towards #havingchildren are shifting among #youngergenerations:

"About 15% of the #GenZ cohort say that they definitely don't want to have #children, and that's quite different from previous generations and previous studies that have been done," she said. "Another 30% say that they probably don't or are uncertain about having #kids." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4pzweqdgpo

Falling birth rates contribute to Romsey business closing

The owners of child-focused businesses say falling birth rates are impacting their future viability.

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May 11 at 8:19amWeb
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📺 Tune in to BBC South Today at 18:30 tonight to see the full news story 'Falling birth rates blamed for business closing', featuring an interview with Brienna: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfl4
BBC One - South Today

Regional news, sport and weather for the South of England.

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Find out more about Brienna's research with Prof Ann Berrington and Dr Bernice Kuang on the #UK #Generations and #Gender #Survey, an #ESRCfunded project collecting nationally representative #data from 7000 people in the UK. It allows us to better understand how #youngadults in the UK are transitioning to #adulthood, forming #partnerships and #families, and coping with recent #economic, #social, and #political #uncertainty : https://www.cpc.ac.uk/research_programme/generations_and_gender_survey/#Current

#demography #ggs #fertility #family #births

CPC - Generations And Gender Survey

The Centre for Population Change (CPC) is a collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, St. Andrews, and Stirling, it is an umbrella organisation bringing together multiple projects investigating population change. These projects are financed through a variety of funders, primarily the Economic and Social Research Council.

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📺 ICYMI last night - CPC member Brienna Perelli-Harris (University of Southampton‬) was interviewed by #BBCSouthToday about the effects of falling #birthrates

The interview appeared in an evening news feature on the effects of fewer #children on local child-focused #businesses. Brienna said research suggests attitudes towards having children are shifting among #youngergenerations based on findings from her ‪#ESRC -funded UK #GenerationsandGendersurvey project https://youtu.be/H0sj8LWcMUw?si=SicgExUtRX6-lwdy

#fertility

Brienna Perelli-Harris discusses falling birth rates on BBC South Today evening news

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