SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Semen Analysis, Socioeconomic Status, Upper Middle Class
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Japan"s fertility crisis even worse than before as births fall cnn media item. Women having children later in life or not having them at all. Numbers don"t include japanese babies born elsewhere, or foreigner babies born in japan. Two confused rates: fertility rate: the average number of children born to women age 15-44 (the assumed childbearing years, birth rate: attaches to the entire population the number of live births per 1000 of the population. 1. 26 the average number of children born to women: seemed to be on a path to recovery, but in 2016 it dipped again, 2018 1. 42. To maintain a stable population, countries need a rate of 2. 1 (enough to replace mom and dad) The group of women at child rearing age is getting smaller. Average days missed due to family reasons: full-time females 10 days, full-time males 2 days, women 5, men 2% 1: time (the heart of the problem, 1.
