Thursday, July 11, 2013

Fact of the Day (2) - No job, no kids

Fewer babies have been born in many European countries due to the economic crisis that started in the region in 2008. The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany has found that fewer babies were born in 28 European countries as unemployment rose.

In Spain, where the total fertility rate -- the number of births per woman -- fell nearly eight percent between 2008 and 2011 as unemployment rose from 8.3 percent to 11.3 percent. 

Meanwhile, significant drops hit Hungary, Ireland, Croatia and Latvia, the study said, and the economic recession also interrupted the upswing in birth rates in the Czech Republic, Poland, Great Britain and Italy. 

The study indicates  that if unemployment rises one percentage point, the fertility rate for 20 to 24-year-olds drops by 0.1 across Europe, and 0.3 in southern Europe. 

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