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Posted on 05/20/2006 10:25:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The birth rate has climbed to its highest point in 13 years to an average of 1.8 children for every woman in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said yesterday.
The climb from an all-time low of 1.63 children per woman in 2001 is still significantly below the level needed for replacement - which is more than two. But there was speculation yesterday that the childcare reforms of the Blair government might be having an impact."
We looked at the reasons for this slight, hopeful rise," said Julia Margo, author of a report called Population Politics published in February by the Institute for Public Policy Research. "It seems to map on to 2001 when Labour started pushing on family friendly policies and childcare. There is a better deal now from government than ever before."
But, she added, there were other possible reasons that do not hold out promise for the rise across all groups which is needed for a sustained increase in births. "We don't have access to the background data, which would tell us whether there are socio-economic differences, whether professional women will still be having less children." It could be that the rise is restricted to poorer women and those from migrant groups, who traditionally have had larger families.
The evidence is still that women are having babies at a later age. The ONS says the average age in 2005 was 29.5 years - up just 0.1% from the previous year, but nonetheless continuing to rise. Last year, as in the year before, most births were in the 30- to 34-year-old group.
Total number of live births was 645,835, which is 1% higher than in 2004. Infant deaths were at an all-time low for England and Wales, at 3,248.
(Excerpt) Read more at politics.guardian.co.uk ...
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This is an odd conclusion to reach. I'm not sure people sit around wondering what the government will do for them when starting a family.
Yep, this is one of those things that the government don't have much influence on.
Unless they declare all taxes repealed for families with four or more children.
What would we do without "experts"?
Yet another example of skewing statistics in order to lie. Thanks to the open borders policies of the treasonous Blair (along with the British ruling elite in general), the UK now has something on the order of 8-10 perecent of the population that is non-English (including plenty of denizens of the "religion of love and peace"). The real question is: What is the birth rate for the native English (plus the native Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish) population vs. that of for Pakistani, Caribbean, African and Asian immigrant popualtion flooding in.
I would be willing to bet that the real English birth rate is more like 1.2 per woman (far below replacement level). Feminsim and liberalism always lead to death. Lies, lies and more lies. Yet the indoctrinated clueless continue to believe them!!
Exactly what I was thinking!!
My guess is they won't be publishing that breakdown.
Mr. Blair is supposed to be for abortion. The British birthrate could be higher without abortion, murdering unborn people.
Aren't some of those immigrants real Englishmen, too?
Only if you define English as as an ideology.
I believe it's Austin Powers, not Tony Blair, that truly deserves the hand-clapping for this achievement.
What % is from the religion of peace breeding for the takeover?
"the UK now has something on the order of 8-10 perecent of the population that is non-English"
Your post would probably make more sense if you sorted out your confusion between 'England', 'Britain' and 'UK'. None of them are the same thing.
"Only if you define English as as an ideology."
How are you defining it? If it's solely on place of birth, then a lot of the people who you are refering to would qualify as 'English' and a lot of people who consider themselves very much English would not do so.
We have a winner! I have an associate that was in London a few months ago and said you couldn't find a native anywhere (obvious exaggeration but you get the point). Welfare attracts the wrong kind of immigrants to a country!
As a ethnic group or nationality (in the tradtional sense). Why should it be defined in any other way? Does the English nation (traditonally defined) have a right to exist, in your opinion? Or, should they be reduced to a minority in their own homeland for the sake of diversity? Of course, the typical leftist today denies the exisitence of ethnicity, except in the case of the precious "other" - who is alway exalted as the perfection of mankind.
The fact that one is born in a garage does make you a car. That may be uncomfortable to today's PC sensibilities, but truth usually is.
He let in more Muslims. The article didn't mention how many of the babies are white Britains. The rising birthrate may not be good news for England.
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