You Searched For "fertility rate" and got 20 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
Plummeting fertility rates are making Asian countries worry about running out of soldiers
Declining fertility rates in South Korea, Japan, and China are making the countries think hard abou…
Joshua Zitser
4 mins read
Understanding Elon’s 12: Has Musk switched allegiances from climate to the fertility crisis for good?
We might be a few months too late but we congratulate Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the birth of his 12th …
3 mins read
Muslims up, Hindus down: What’s the larger picture behind India’s religious population trends?
According to a brand new report submitted by the EAC-PM, the nation’s population share of Hindus fe…
2 mins read
Nearly all countries will struggle to maintain population levels by 2100, thanks to crashing birth rates: IHME
Over three-quarters of countries are expected to struggle to maintain their population sizes by 205…
3 mins read
Fertility expert Leslie Schrock explains why embryonic personhood will never work in practice
Conservatives are in a tizzy over discarded embryos in IVF. But just like our natural human biology…
Blake Dodge
5 mins read
Meet the last 20-something millennials: They're twice as wealthy as their geriatric peers were and are carving creative paths to homeownership
Millennials are saying goodbye to their 20s with twice as much wealth as their Great Recession-blig…
Hillary Hoffower
2 mins read
India might just be the cheapest option for queer couples looking to have a baby via IVF!
More and more same-sex couples are turning to treatment options like in vitro fertilisation (IVF) o…
3 mins read
Japanese govt to launch official dating app to help citizens find love and save the country; do these platforms even work?
Japan's marriage rate has fallen to an all-time low, with the country’s Health Ministry reporting a…
1 min read
China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies
China has been stepping up measures to encourage marriage and parenthood.
Huileng Tan
2 mins read
Indianapolis is the US city with the highest birth rate, study finds, which could have an impact on its future
Out of the 37 largest US cities, Indianapolis tops the list for highest birth rates, with Seattle l…
Joshua Zitser
2 mins read
Throwing money at plunging birth rates won't solve the issue, demography experts say
Financial incentives like baby allowances and cash schemes being rolled out by some countries won't…
Joshua Zitser
3 mins read
China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank.
China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the…
Matthew Loh
2 mins read
Here's why Americans having fewer kids won't doom the economy
The US birth rate just fell to its lowest level in over 40 years, according to provisional CDC data.
Jennifer Sor
2 mins read
The world faces a low-fertility future that will 'completely reconfigure' the global economy
Elon Musk has voiced concern about what he regards as impending "population collapse."
Rebecca Rommen
9 mins read
China stopped taking our plastic. Now America is drowning in it.
America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled.
Taylor Dorrell
3 mins read
Some workers are choosing housing and student loan benefits over a retirement plan, and it says a lot about America's cost-of-living crisis
Companies and workers are rethinking job benefits, with a growing focus on non-traditional perks li…
Cork Gaines
4 mins read
Falling birth rates are freaking countries out and spawning dubious fixes like tax breaks, cheaper cars, and free surgery
Countries are trying everything to combat declining fertility rates, with some eye-popping approach…
Joshua Zitser
2 mins read
South Korean men can get $730 to reverse their vasectomies, an extreme attempt to increase the birth rate
Seoul offers $730 for vasectomy and tubal ligation reversals to address its low fertility rate. Sou…
Joshua Zitser
9 mins read
Farewell and good riddance — to the 'typical American family'
The short, troubled reign of the nuclear family has come to an end. But we can replace it with some…
Kelli María Korducki
8 mins read
The dark side of DINKs: People who want kids but can't afford them
Some DINKs choose to be childfree. Other couples would prefer to be parents but can't afford to hav…