Birth Rates

Why Are American Women Having More Children?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living


Philip N. Cohen

Even if the declining employment rates for women don't reflect general support for "opting out," the cultural elevation of women who choose to stay home with their kids is palpable.

Births Up -- No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style


Elizabeth Gregory

Anxiety helps put pressure on women to have babies now, at whatever age -- along with the recent highly politicized decreases in access to birth control, especially for younger women.

More Women Are Having Fewer Children, If At All

Posted 09.19.2008 | Style


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