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  1. Italy’s birth rate falls to 80-year low, with just 355,000 babies born

    Fertility rate drops to 1.14 children per woman as new report finds economic hardship is driving the decline.…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #babies #birthrate #births
    europesays.com/italy/36290/

  2. 🗨️ Concluding her reflections, CPC-CG member Professor Ann Berrington says: "Success of policies should be based not on whether #fertility increases, but whether individuals are given #reproductive freedom and the ability to achieve their fertility intentions."

    Tune in now to the Resolution Foundation event as they unpack their latest Briefing Note 'Bye bye baby: Assessing Britain’s falling #birthrate since the early 2010s': resolutionfoundation.org/event

  3. So what's going on here?
    1) An overall falling birth rate, below replacement level in a rich country like the UK, is a GOOD THING.
    2) If poorer families are disproportionately unlikely to have children, that is a BAD THING.
    3) #DemographicSlowdown does bring challenges but they can be addressed. Clue: expect lots of #ClimateRefugees in coming decades.

    Bridget Phillipson says she wants more young people in UK to have children | Bridget Phillipson |
    archive.ph/X2NJ1
    #population #BirthRate