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After a 2016 campaign event in Colorado Springs, the candidate of the time Donald Trump held two babies. As president, he wants to reverse the fall in the American birth rate.
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After a 2016 campaign event in Colorado Springs, the candidate of the time Donald Trump held two babies. As president, he wants to reverse the fall in the American birth rate.
Jason Connolly / AFP via Getty Images
The total fertility rate is a small number with large consequences.
He measures how many babies, on average, each woman will have on her life. And for a population to remain stable – flat, without growth, no drop – women, on average, must have 2.1 children.
In the United States, this number is 1.6 and decreases. This leads to a new political debate on what – if necessary – can be done on this subject.
The fact is that, under this point of demographic data, millions of families make intimate decisions on children. Sarah McCammon and Brian Mann of NPR dug the policy and personal stories behind the birth rate of America.
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This episode was produced by Sarah Belly, Liz Baker, Noah Caldwell and Connor Donevan with the audio engineering of Simon-Laslo Janssen. He was published by Megan Pratz, Andrea de Leon and Sarah Handel. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
