Prior to this new report, the number of births had been decreasing by an average of 2% per year.
It also marks the first rise in births since 2014. Prior to this report, the number of births had been decreasing by an average of 2% per year.Pew Research Center polls have suggested
However, the total fertility rate -- the number of births a hypothetical group of 1,000 people would have over their lifetimes -- was 1,663.5 births per 1,000 women. "That sort of suggests [that] when we saw the decline in births from 2019 to 2020, probably a lot of births were postponed," Hamilton said."People were waiting to see what happened [with the pandemic] and rates rose in older women as they may have proceeded to have that child."Among teenagers aged 15 to 19, the rate of birth declined 6% from 15.4 per 1,000 to 14.4 per 1,000 -- a record low for this age group.
Meanwhile, for tweens and teens aged 10 to 14, the rate of birth was 0.2 per 1,000, which is unchanged since 2015, the report found.
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