The general fertility rate, which measures the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44, decreased by 3% in 2023 to about 54.5 births per 1,000 women, marking a historic low.
The CPA is either intentionally not thinking, or is lying about his analysis. On that map, how many of the countries around the globe that share the same "red" shading as the USA - also happen to have nationalized healthcare, wages controls, and other big government economic interventions that supposedly make Life more Affordable? Yet they share the same child-less rates as us, or worse. The collective "we" of any society is also shaped by the stories, the norms and customs, the shared tenets of common bonds that can change over time (religion, politics, heritages). What does this say about America today? Are children really THAT expensive to have or are we just telling ourselves that they each require their own rooms and a cadre of goods and activities to fill them, until they turn 25.... ?
We should ask really good questions about all the countries shaded in red: what do they all have in common? Most have an abundance of natural resources, basic infrastructures, some form of social safety nets (although churches have been forced out of the public square and safety net because of government regulations and sometimes literal attacks upon structures and persons). And global rates of poverty have declined. So WHY has humanity chosen to stop reproducing itself in those "prime" locations?
I appreciate all the voices today that are proclaiming the goodness of marriage, work, active civic involvement, volunteering, owning private property, defending freedoms of religion and speech, protecting human life from conception until natural death, protecting the innocence of children, fostering good relationships with neighbors and friends (front porch movements), and re-learning the skills of discussion and debate and authentic communication.
This sad state of affairs and global malaise can change, one growing and flourishing family at a time!
It is a literal chart. You are only factoring in one possibility as to what you are discussing. There are various reasons as to why birth rates are so low.
I understand is a literal chart and agree with you that there are various reasons. My comment was made as an argument against the CPA's statement - which was highlighted in a separate box located between the two charts in your post that went to my email. I do not see the CPA's statement in the article above, for some reason. The CPA chose the position that the decline was the result of "income equality" and "cut in benefits for all workers over the years", the hospital cost of birthing babies. I sought to raise a counterpoint to that claim and also invite people to ask good questions. Larger families decades ago and larger families in Africa, India, and the more fertile countries - do not necessarily have access to insurance, high incomes. They seem to have something else, definitely worth examining! Thank you for this Post.
The CPA is either intentionally not thinking, or is lying about his analysis. On that map, how many of the countries around the globe that share the same "red" shading as the USA - also happen to have nationalized healthcare, wages controls, and other big government economic interventions that supposedly make Life more Affordable? Yet they share the same child-less rates as us, or worse. The collective "we" of any society is also shaped by the stories, the norms and customs, the shared tenets of common bonds that can change over time (religion, politics, heritages). What does this say about America today? Are children really THAT expensive to have or are we just telling ourselves that they each require their own rooms and a cadre of goods and activities to fill them, until they turn 25.... ?
We should ask really good questions about all the countries shaded in red: what do they all have in common? Most have an abundance of natural resources, basic infrastructures, some form of social safety nets (although churches have been forced out of the public square and safety net because of government regulations and sometimes literal attacks upon structures and persons). And global rates of poverty have declined. So WHY has humanity chosen to stop reproducing itself in those "prime" locations?
I appreciate all the voices today that are proclaiming the goodness of marriage, work, active civic involvement, volunteering, owning private property, defending freedoms of religion and speech, protecting human life from conception until natural death, protecting the innocence of children, fostering good relationships with neighbors and friends (front porch movements), and re-learning the skills of discussion and debate and authentic communication.
This sad state of affairs and global malaise can change, one growing and flourishing family at a time!
It is a literal chart. You are only factoring in one possibility as to what you are discussing. There are various reasons as to why birth rates are so low.
I understand is a literal chart and agree with you that there are various reasons. My comment was made as an argument against the CPA's statement - which was highlighted in a separate box located between the two charts in your post that went to my email. I do not see the CPA's statement in the article above, for some reason. The CPA chose the position that the decline was the result of "income equality" and "cut in benefits for all workers over the years", the hospital cost of birthing babies. I sought to raise a counterpoint to that claim and also invite people to ask good questions. Larger families decades ago and larger families in Africa, India, and the more fertile countries - do not necessarily have access to insurance, high incomes. They seem to have something else, definitely worth examining! Thank you for this Post.