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Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year
Oct 3, 12:13 AM (ET)
By MIKE STOBBE



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NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. births fell for the fourth year in a row, the government reported Wednesday, with experts calling it more proof that the weak economy has continued to dampen enthusiasm for having children.
But there may be a silver lining: The decline in 2011 was just 1 percent - not as sharp a fall-off as the 2 to 3 percent drop seen in other recent years.
"It may be that the effect of the recession is slowly coming to an end," said Carl Haub, a senior demographer with the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization.
Most striking in the new report were steep declines in Hispanic birth rates and a new low in teen births. Hispanics have been disproportionately affected by the flagging economy, experts say, and teen birth rates have been falling for 20 years............................>>>>.......................>>>>........................http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121003/DA1LRMIG0.html

Birth rate is down because women don't have access to free contraception and the republicans are defunding Planned Parenthood.

in which ethnic group is this possible???......that should be broken down.....but thank goodness....

The people that work and aren't on social services don't want to take a chance on another mouth to feed and clothe in this economy. They still make up the majority of Americans.

I'd love to see a breakout of this based on income status...

How do we keep the ponzi schemes like Social Security and Medicare going with a decreasing birth rate?  Somebody will be left holding the empty bag.  

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in which ethnic group is this possible???......that should be broken down.....but thank
goodness....

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The people that work and aren't on social services don't want to take a
chance on another mouth to feed and clothe in this economy. They still make up the
majority of Americans.

I'd love to see a breakout of this based on income status...

_The birth rate for single women fell for the third straight year, dropping by 3 percent
from 2010 to 2011. The birth rate for married women, however, rose 1 percent. In most
cases, married women are older and more financially secure.

_The birth rate for Hispanic women dropped a whopping 6 percent. But it declined only
2 percent for black women, stayed the same for whites and actually rose a bit for
Asian-American and Pacific Islanders.

_Birth rates fell again for women in their early 20s, down 5 percent from 2010 – the lowest
mark for women in that age group since 1940, when comprehensive national birth records
were first compiled. For women in their late 20s, birth rates fell 1 percent.

_But birth rates held steady for women in their early 30s, and rose for moms ages 35 and
older. Experts say that's not surprising: Older women generally have better jobs or financial
security, and are more sensitive to the ticking away of their biological clocks.

_Birth rates for teen moms have been falling since 1991 and hit another historic low. The
number of teen births last year – about 330,000 – was the fewest in one year since 1946.
The teen birth rate fell 8 percent, and at 31 per 1,000 girls ages 15 through 19 was the
lowest recorded in more than seven decades.

Teenagers watch the struggles and decisions that older sisters and older girlfriends are making,
and what they see influences their thinking about sex and birth control, he said.
"Teens tend to emulate young adults," Santelli said. "They are less influenced directly by the
economy than by people."
Studies show that since 2007, larger percentages of sexually active teenage girls are using
the pill and other effective birth control.

Huff Post Money
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/birth-rate-in-us-down-fourth-year_n_1935143.html

thank you....B O A