U.S. birth rates may be rising — but likely not for long. So who’s having babies? {Teen birth rates drop, older generations now more likely to be parents}

Grid news ^ | 1 February 2023 | Anna Deen

[Cronos]

After declining for years, U.S. birth rates have ticked upward again, but it’s not enough to buck the long-term decline.

Because rates were so low in 2020, “we’re just getting back where we would’ve been had we not had that pandemic decline,” said Karen Benjamin Guzzo, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the Carolina Population Center.

This phenomenon isn’t, by any means, unusual.

“It’s very common, say, after war situations or other major catastrophes … for birth rates to drop and then shoot back up higher than they were,” said John Santelli, a professor of population and family health and pediatrics at Columbia University’s Mailman School.

...Birth rates, which declined for most age groups during the first year of the pandemic, continued their downward trend for women in their teens and early twenties but not for age groups in their thirties and forties.

...That decline in the U.S. has largely been driven by the drop-off in teen birth rates, which has been particularly steep since the early 1990s, and unintended births. A few factors precipitated this long-term trend.

...Without a national child care system, child care has become very unaffordable for many people. “In some places it’s more than like your mortgage, and I think there’s even a few states where it’s more expensive than a college education,” she said. A lack of a substantial social safety net makes it challenging for many people, Guzzo and Santelli said.

..What she’s concerned about, she said, is young adults feeling like they can’t have any children they might want because they don’t feel confident that their future is secure enough. “That’s a societal failure.”

[HighSierra5]

Wetbacks and feraners.

[ComputerGuy]

...a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

[DannyTN]

"Without a national child care system, child care has become very unaffordable for many people. “In some places it’s more than like your mortgage, and I think there’s even a few states where it’s more expensive than a college education,” she said."

Over regulation probably at the state level. National child care system isn't going to make it any cheaper, unless they mean government subsidized which won't make it cheaper but will shifts some costs from parents to all taxpayers.

[ByteMercenary]

“Wetbacks and feraners”

The correct answer! You can bet that immediately after crossing the border, every female in the invasion of the effluents is horizontal busily creating their anchor to the honey pot known as USA welfare.

Legislation correcting the verbiage in the 14th Amendment that allows anchor babies must be clarified.

[LibsRJerks]

These young adults have created their own insecure futures by electing democrats!!! Sad that they can’t make the intellectual connection between their voting habits and the state of the country.

Woe be to them — no children around to care for them in their old age or fight their wars for them.

Daycare can be offset by the two parents who now work from home and/or rely on granny a couple of days a week. It’s NOT impossible. Most of these younger set are just too busy clubbing, traveling, or pursuing selfish interests to marry and have children. Or, many marry, but “choose” not to have children.

[Nervous Tick]

Lone Hospital in Yuma, AZ, Crumbling After Spending $20 Million Taking Care of Migrants

"...his facility’s maternity unit has reached capacity since the largest number of migrant patients requiring care are pregnant. The next closest hospital — 62 miles away — recently stopped providing labor and delivery services."

[Round Earther]

With all the birth control available, especially the pill that is profusely prescribed by pharmacological periodical perusing pediatricians and picked up at pharmacies by pandering parents worried about daughter Penelope’s periods, birth rates will not increase.

[gitmo]

Who’s having the babies? That would be the women who were assigned as women at birth.

[millenial4freedom]

are you saying that the government actually makes things more expensive?! blasphemy! /s

[Dr. Ursus]

All non- whites !

[Sam Gamgee]

From my own personal observations of friends and family is a couple things. Like my wife and I, many did not even marry until the starts of their 30s. That leaves time for only 1 or 2 children to be born. And secondly many just don’t marry period. Or get married and don’t have children. If I was to think about the people that work around my office, more than half are in their 30s or more and no kids so far. And likely they won’t have any.

[Crusher138]

My eldest son, who turns 31 next week, just informed us that we are going to be grandparents again.

My DIL had a rough first pregnancy with my (only) granddaughter five years ago. There was scarring after the birth and other complications. She was told that she wouldn’t likely be able to get pregnant again. Additionally, she had hormone issues and had to go on a subdermal implant. Insurance didn’t cover it and at $300 a month, they stopped it 6 months ago. Needless to say, this pregnancy is a pleasant surprise.

My youngest son, who is 26 and just got married, has said that they do not want children for 5 years or so.

We had our first when I was 30...runs in the family...

[Crusher138]

My kids worked at a local daycare. It was $400 a week per child.

Pretty much a mortgage payment.

They didn’t accept government program payments.

[Steven Scharf]

That decline in the U.S. has largely been driven by the drop-off in teen birth rates, which has been particularly steep since the early 1990s

Teen birth rates dropped after the shows like, “Pregant at 16” aired on Lifetime and other channels.